SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421632
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 name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 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
• Commercial products designer • Furniture designer • Package designer • Textile designer
Elsewhere
• Industrial machinery/tools engineer, see 21442 • Urban design architect, see 21641
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSUnit group
2163 Fashion and Product DesignersCorrespondence 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.