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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

21632

Product/Industrial designer

Product/Industrial designer creates designs for industrial and commercial products, harmonising aesthetic considerations with technical and other requirements. He/she studies the purpose, technical specifications, cost limitations, available materials and methods of production, preferences of potential users and other factors influencing the design of products such as furniture, clothing, textiles, pottery, domestic appliances, vehicles and packaging containers.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Product/Industrial designer creates designs for industrial and commercial products, harmonising aesthetic considerations with technical and other requirements. He/she studies the purpose, technical specifications, cost limitations, available materials and methods of production, preferences of potential users and other factors influencing the design of products such as furniture, clothing, textiles, pottery, domestic appliances, vehicles and packaging containers.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Commercial products designer •Ÿ  Furniture designer •Ÿ  Package designer •Ÿ  Textile designer

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Industrial machinery/tools engineer, see 21442 •Ÿ  Urban design architect, see 21641

Hierarchy context

2→21→216→2163→21632 Product/Industrial designer

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 21632 — Product/Industrial designer

ISCO-08

  • 2163 — Product and garment designers

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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