Clothing alteration machinist
Code 8153.1.1
Clothing alteration machinists ensure the alteration of finished garments in line with business demands. They are responsible for the quality of any alterations or customisations and brand generic stock in line with customer branding guidelines.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles
- buttonholing
- manufacturing of wearing apparel
- marker making
- propiedades de los tejidos
- standard sizing systems for clothing
- apparel manufacturing technology
- fabric spreading in the fashion industry
Skills and competences
- alter wearing apparel
- grade patterns for wearing apparel
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- cut fabrics
- sew textile-based articles
- sew pieces of fabric
- create patterns for garments
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- evaluate garment quality
- manufacture wearing apparel products
- inspect wearing apparel products
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- iron textiles
- prepare production prototypes
- use textile technique for hand-made products
Transversal competences
- analyse supply chain strategies
- history of fashion
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