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Interior Designer

Architecture and Construction

  • Average Salary

    RM2551 - RM 5810

  • Career Trends

  • Compability

What is Interior Designer?

Plan, design, and furnish interiors of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings. Formulate design which is practical, aesthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity, selling merchandise, or improving life style. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2551 - RM 5810

Example of a Job Position

Certified Kitchen Designer
Color and Materials Designer
Commercial Interior Designer
Decorating Consultant
Designer
Director of Interiors
Interior Design Consultant
Interior Design Coordinator
Interior Design Director
Interior Designer

Task

? Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function ? Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination ? Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success ? Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans ? Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Services

Knowledge of principles and processes to provide services for customers and personal. This includes assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles including strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination between people and resources.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Design

Knowledge of techniques, equipment and design principles including in producing precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models.

Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and equipment for construction or repair of houses, buildings, and other structures, such as highways.

Skills

Serving Orientation

Actively looking for the right way to help others.'

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Complex Problem Solving

Identify complex problems and review related information in order to develop and evaluate options and solutions that can be applied.

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Social Sensitivity

Realizing the reactions of others, then understanding why they acted like that.

Capability

  • 1

    Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

  • 2

    Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

  • 3

    Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

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