Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse the project brief
- Applicable work health and safety (WHS), legislative and organisational requirements relevant to designing for complex sites are verified and complied with
- Project brief is reviewed, confirmed and clarified with client
- Key requirements for the project are assessed and confirmed and constraints determined
- Resources are selected appropriate to work requirements and checked for operational effectiveness
- Communication with others involved in the project is established and maintained
- Relevant research is conducted to gain all information which may be used to inform the decoration process
- All required information is accessed and analysed to inform the decoration process
- Conduct project research
- Site analysis is conducted to assess the requirements and environmental aspects of the spaces requiring work
- Intended function of the spaces are ascertained from the client
- Contextual information relating to the brief is researched and evaluated
- Functional and planning issues are determined specific to the site and client requirements
- Research material is organised and presented in the form of a decoration proposal
- Project is planned to make effective use of time and available resources
- Generate decorative themes and concepts
- Multiple ideas and concepts are generated in a creative and diverse manner that is sympathetic to the project brief
- Ideas are translated into 2-D and 3-D space resolution using a range of techniques and media
- Themes and concepts are presented to the client using support documentation, sketches, mood boards, and concept boards
- Viability of concepts are assessed in conjunction with others
- Client feedback is obtained and ideas revised and refined accordingly
- Select and specify internal finishes, furniture, furnishings, lighting and object d'art
- Internal elements and wall and floor finishes are selected and specified according to brief parameters
- Materials board and schedules are developed
- Lighting effects are designed and detailed
- Furniture, accessories and art objects are selected, specified and costed using established workplace system
- Furnishings and window treatments are selected to enhance the design scheme within the constraints of the brief and budget
- Rendered 2-D and 3-D drawing of the scheme are prepared to represent the desired effect
- Present a fully resolved scheme and evaluate client response
- Final decoration solution is presented to the client in a professional manner using a range of digital media
- Client feedback is sought, amendments are agreed to and recorded, and ideas are revised and refined without losing design integrity
- Own performance in the design process is examined to identify strengths and weaknesses
- Areas for improvement are identified