Required skills research, collect, organise and understand information related to design management, including the relevant legal, technical, regulatory, fiscal, cultural, environmental and safety requirements communicate ideas and information to enable clarification of the management requirements, coordination of work and the reporting of work outcomes and problems plan and organise activities to optimise the use of resources and avoid any back tracking, workflow interruptions or wastage work with others and foster the team by recognising dependencies and using cooperative approaches to optimise workflow and productivity use mathematical ideas and techniques to correctly determine resource and cost requirements create and apply systematic problem solving techniques to anticipate problems, avoid reworking and avoid wastage use the workplace technology related to management, including computing/ computer-aided information management systems Required knowledge intellectual property law provisions design and production issues: fundamentals of the elements and principles of design the industry, trends and knowledge of product design product construction techniques and processes detailed knowledge of a range of materials research sources materials, fibres, trims, accessories and their properties and characteristics management issues: contemporary management and leadership practices enterprise resource management policies and procedures/practices enterprise fiscal management policies and procedures/practices quality assurance for design processes negotiation techniques workplace procedures and reporting process relevant OHS legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice |