Interior Designers

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

On the job, you would:

• Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
• Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.

Education

• bachelor's degree

Engineering and Technology

• design
• building and construction

Business

• customer service
• sales and marketing

Arts and Humanities

• English language
• music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Safety and Government

• public safety and security

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

• changing what is done based on other people's actions
• looking for ways to help people

Artistic

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

• Attention to Detail
• Integrity
• Dependability
• Cooperation
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• come up with lots of ideas
• create new and original ideas