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O*NET detailed work activityDesign templates or patterns
AI-assistCreate & design
11 jobs17 tasks
Use AI to generate lots of options, references and rough mock-ups fast. The craft, the taste and the final call are what make it yours.
Part of Design materials or devices, under the O*NET work activity group Thinking Creatively. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 13 AI-assist, 4 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Create a paper pattern from which to mass-produce a design concept.
- Plan and develop layouts from blueprints and templates, applying knowledge of trigonometry, design, effects of heat, and properties of metals.
- Correct patterns to compensate for defects in castings.
- Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.
- Discuss design specifications with designers, and convert their original models of garments into patterns of separate parts that can be laid out on a length of fabric.
- Create design specifications to provide instructions on garment sewing and assembly.
- Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
- Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.
- Use computer software to design patterns for engraving.
- Design and create templates, patterns, or coreboxes according to work orders, sample parts, or mockups.
- Design upholstery cover patterns and cutting plans, based on sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints.
- Design and prepare templates of wood, paper, or metal.
- Create computer models of patterns or parts, using modeling software.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Draw outlines of pattern parts by adapting or copying existing patterns, or by drafting new patterns.
- Draw patterns, using measurements, designs, plaster casts, or customer specifications, and position or outline patterns on work pieces.
- Draw and cut patterns according to specifications.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.