- Industrie: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who creates original stained glass designs and artwork, draws cartoons (full size working drawings), and prepares glass for fabrication into windows, art objects, and other decorative articles. Responsibilities include:
* Consults client regarding theme and subject to be portrayed.
* Studies style of building architecture and shape of windows to plan conforming design.
* Integrates knowledge of glass cutting, stresses, portraiture, symbolism, heraldry, ornamental styles, and related factors with functional requirements to conceptualize design idea.
* Renders illustration of design and detail, estimates costs, and presents to client for approval.
* Prepares full size, detailed color cartoon indicating size, shape, shading, and detail of individual glass pieces.
* Transfers cartoon into pattern, selects colored glass, and cuts glass according to pattern.
* Assembles cut pieces into design pattern and waxes pieces in place to secure glass for painting.
* Paints artwork and detail on glass, using artist's brushes and ground glass mixed with enamel, and copper or iron oxide.
* Stains back of glass pieces prior to or after firing.
* Fires glass to fuse and stabilize colors.
* May assemble, lead, and solder finished glass to fabricate designed article.
* May install finished window in window frame or door.
* May restore damaged or broken stained glass objects.
* May only design, paint, or draw cartoons.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, designs, and oversees construction and installation of permanent and temporary exhibits and displays. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with administrative, curatorial, and exhibit staff members to determine theme, content, interpretative or informational purpose, and planned location of exhibit, to discuss budget, promotion, and time limitations, and to plan production schedule for fabrication and installation of exhibit components.
* Prepares preliminary drawings of proposed exhibit, including detailed construction, layout, and special effect diagrams and material specifications, for final drawing rendition by other personnel, basing design and specifications on knowledge of artistic and technical concepts, principles, and techniques.
* Submits plan for approval, and adapts plan as needed to serve intended purpose or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions.
* Oversees preparation of artwork and construction of exhibit components to ensure intended interpretation of concepts and conformance to structural and material specifications.
* Arranges for acquisition of specimens or graphics or building of exhibit structures by outside contractors as needed to complete exhibit.
* Inspects installed exhibit for conformance to specifications and satisfactory operation of special effects components.
* Oversees placement of collection objects or informational materials in exhibit framework.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs and fashions live, cut, dried, and artificial floral and foliar arrangements for events, such as holidays, anniversaries, weddings, balls, and funerals. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with client regarding price and type of arrangement desired.
* Plans arrangement according to client's requirements and costs, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or selects appropriate standard design pattern.
* Selects flora and foliage necessary for arrangement.
* Trims material and arranges bouquets, sprays, wreaths, dish gardens, terrariums, and other items, using wire, pins, floral tape, foam, trimmers, cutters, shapers, and other materials and tools.
* May decorate buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities where events are planned.
* May pack and wrap completed arrangements.
* May estimate costs and price arrangements.
* May conduct classes or demonstrations.
* May instruct and direct other workers.
* May arrange according to standard designs or under instruction of designer and be designated Floral Arranger.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs and fashions live, cut, dried, and artificial floral and foliar arrangements for events, such as holidays, anniversaries, weddings, balls, and funerals. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with client regarding price and type of arrangement desired.
* Plans arrangement according to client's requirements and costs, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or selects appropriate standard design pattern.
* Selects flora and foliage necessary for arrangement.
* Trims material and arranges bouquets, sprays, wreaths, dish gardens, terrariums, and other items, using wire, pins, floral tape, foam, trimmers, cutters, shapers, and other materials and tools.
* May decorate buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities where events are planned.
* May pack and wrap completed arrangements.
* May estimate costs and price arrangements.
* May conduct classes or demonstrations.
* May instruct and direct other workers.
* May arrange according to standard designs or under instruction of designer and be designated Floral Arranger.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs or redesigns custom and commercial fur garments. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes fashion trends and predictions and confers with client or sales and management executives regarding design ideas.
* Sketches design on paper to make or restyle garment, utilizing knowledge of various kinds of fur, techniques for handling fur, and fashion trends.
* Obtains customer measurements, using tape measure.
* Draws pattern on paper according to customer measurements and cuts out pattern.
* Lays pattern on canvas and cuts out material, using scissors.
* Sews together sections of canvas to form mockup of garment.
* Fits mockup on customer and makes necessary alterations.
* Directs workers engaged in cutting and sewing garment.
* Examines completed garments for defects.
* May estimate cost of restyling or of making new garment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs containers for products, such as foods, beverages, toiletries, cigarettes, and medicines. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with representatives of engineering, marketing, management, and other departments to determine packaging requirements and type of product market.
* Sketches design of container for specific product, considering factors, such as convenience in handling and storing, distinctiveness for identification by consumer, and simplicity to minimize production costs.
* Renders design, including exterior markings and labels, using paints and brushes.
* Typically fabricates model in paper, wood, glass, plastic, or metal, depending on material to be used in package.
* Makes changes or modifications required by approving authority.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who transcribes musical parts onto staff paper from score written by arranger or orchestrator for each instrument or voice, utilizing knowledge of music notation and experience and background in music. May transpose score to different key.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, directs, and coordinates motion picture filming. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with director, motion picture regarding interpretation of scene and desired effects.
* Observes set or location and reviews drawings and other information relating to natural or artificial conditions to determine filming and lighting requirements.
* Reads charts and computes ratios to determine required lighting, film, shutter angles, filter factors, camera distance, depth of field and focus, angles of view, and other variables to produce desired effects.
* Confers with electrician, chief to establish lighting requirements.
* Selects cameras, accessories, equipment, and film stock, utilizing knowledge of filming techniques, filming requirements, and computations.
* Instructs camera operators regarding camera setup, angles, distances, movement, and other variables and signals cues for starting and stopping filming.
* Surveys set or location for potential problems, observes effects of lighting, measures lighting levels, and coordinates necessary changes prior to filming.
* Views film after processing and makes adjustments, as necessary, to achieve desired effects.
* May direct television productions which utilize electronic cameras.
* May specialize in special effects and be designated Director Of Photography, Special Effects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who photographs segments of earth and other subject material from aircraft to produce pictures used in surveying, mapping, volumetric surveying, or related purposes, such as recording effects of pollution or natural disasters, determining condition of crops and timberland, and planning cities or other large scale projects. Responsibilities include:
* Sets up and mounts camera in aircraft.
* Confers with pilot regarding plotted course, speed, altitude, and area to be photographed.
* Communicates with pilot during flight to ensure adherence to flight plan or make adjustments to equipment to compensate for changes.
* Calculates number of exposures and time lapse between them, using standard formulas to determine requirements for adequate area coverage.
* Adjusts camera shutter speed, lens aperture opening, and focus.
* Adjusts automatic exposure interval on camera equipped with time lapse control or times intervals with stopwatch and manually trips shutter.
* Maintains camera in level position and oriented to flight path when making photographs for mapping or surveying.
* May match individual photographs to form terrain map of photographed area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
