Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals

What the job involves

• Conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings, pottery pieces and sculptures
• Arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter
• Selecting artistic media, method and materials
• Applying media to surfaces using appropriate techniques
• Moulding clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building
• Mixing glazing materials and applying glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting
• Placing finished and decorated pieces in kilns
• Sketching designs of proposed sculptures, and making wax and plaster models
• Devising forms from metal using welding and metalworking equipment, and from stone using masonry tools
• Carving and forming materials to desired shape using hand and power tools

Key values of workers in Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals

• Independence

  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

• Working Conditions

  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

• Recognition

  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.

• Relationships

  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

• Support

  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Top skills required for workers in Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals

• Active Learning

  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Active Listening

  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Reading Comprehension

  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

• Speaking

  Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Judgment and Decision Making

  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.