Set and exhibit designers need knowledge in the following areas:

• Fine Arts: The methods and concepts needed to create visual, music, or dramatic arts.
• Design: Making and using plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Computers and Electronics: Computer hardware and software.
• Building and Construction: The tools and methods used to construct buildings, roads, and other structures.
• History and Archeology: Past events and the effects on people and cultures.
• English Language: The meaning and use of the English language.
• Communications and Media: How to produce written, spoken or visual media.
• Production and Processing: How products are made and distributed.
• Mathematics: The rules and uses of numbers.
• Administration and Management: How to run a business or group.