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Job Profile: Interior Decorator
THE JOB
- Interior designers plan and furnish private homes, public buildings, and commercial or institutional establishments, such as offices, restaurants, hospitals, hotels and theaters.
- Most interior designers specialize in a specific line of work. For example, some may concentrate in residential design, and others may further specialize by focusing on particular rooms, such as kitchens or bathrooms.
SKILLS
- Designers use computers to plan layouts that can be changed easily to include ideas received from the client. Computer-aided design (CAD) has become an essential tool for preparing designs.
- Creativity is a crucial element in design. People in this field must have a strong sense of aesthetics -– an eye for color and detail, a sense of balance and proportion and an appreciation for beauty.
EDUCATION
- Interior designers normally need a college education, in part because few clients -– especially commercial ones –- are willing to trust designers without formal credentials to create their living and working spaces.
- Interior design is subject to government regulations. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia require interior designers to be licensed.
- Because licensing is not mandatory in all states, an interior designer’s professional standing is important. Many designers get join trade organizations like the American Society of Interior Designers. Membership in such an association usually requires the completion of three or four years of post-secondary education in design, at least two years of practical experience in the field and a passing grade on the National Council for Interior Design qualification examination.
OUTLOOK
- Overall, the employment of designers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2008. Despite this employment growth, designers in most fields are expected to face keen competition for available positions.
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