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    Danyne Johnston has worked as an interior designer for 6.5 years. She completed a 4.5 year part-time diploma program at BCIT to qualify for the position. Additional training in art, painting, color theory, and drafting was also required. In high school, courses in drama, art, painting, and photography helped prepare her for the career. She knew she wanted to be an interior designer since high school. Her general duties include sales, designing budgets, coordinating tradespeople, and shopping for client projects. She works 40-60 hours per week and starting salaries in the field were around $21,000 in 1991. She enjoys the design process and working with colors most, but likes accounting for

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    Danyne Johnston has worked as an interior designer for 6.5 years. She completed a 4.5 year part-time diploma program at BCIT to qualify for the position. Additional training in art, painting, color theory, and drafting was also required. In high school, courses in drama, art, painting, and photography helped prepare her for the career. She knew she wanted to be an interior designer since high school. Her general duties include sales, designing budgets, coordinating tradespeople, and shopping for client projects. She works 40-60 hours per week and starting salaries in the field were around $21,000 in 1991. She enjoys the design process and working with colors most, but likes accounting for

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    Danyne Johnston has worked as an interior designer for 6.5 years. She completed a 4.5 year part-time diploma program at BCIT to qualify for the position. Additional training in art, painting, color theory, and drafting was also required. In high school, courses in drama, art, painting, and photography helped prepare her for the career. She knew she wanted to be an interior designer since high school. Her general duties include sales, designing budgets, coordinating tradespeople, and shopping for client projects. She works 40-60 hours per week and starting salaries in the field were around $21,000 in 1991. She enjoys the design process and working with colors most, but likes accounting for

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    Student Name: Gabrielle Scantland

    Careeer Field: Interior Design

    Interview Date: November 9th 2014


    Job Title: Interior Designer

    Name of Person Interviewed: Danyne Johnston


    1. How long have you been in this career? 6.5 years.
    2. What Post-secondary education/training did you need to qualify for this position? At least a diploma,
    received Senior Certificate at BCIT.
    3. How long did it take to complete this training? 4.5 years of part-time night school.
    4. Was there additional training required for this specific position? Assorted art, painting studies, colour
    theory, a year of drafting.
    5. Which high school courses helped prepare you for this pathway? Drama, art, painting, photography,
    Chinese brush painting.
    6. Did you know if you wanted to follow this career in high school? Yes.
    7. Describe your general duties. Sales, designing budget, calculating costs, organizing trades and
    contracters, shopping, set-up.
    8. What are your weekly hours? 40-60 hours
    9. What is a general starting salary for someone in this field? $21,000 per year. (in 1991, which is when
    she started)
    10. What do you like the best about your career? Design process, tile layouts, working with colours.
    11. What do you like the least about your career? Accounting for time sheets
    12. What advice do you have for someone considering this career? Get as much experience, knowledge
    and applied skills as possible, especially in business and design.

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