Clothing product grader

Code 7532.3

Clothing product graders produce patterns in different sizes (i.e. scaled-up and scaled-down) to reproduce the same wearing apparel in different sizes. They draft patterns by hand or using software following size charts.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • CAD for garment manufacturing
  • manufacturing of made-up textile articles
  • manufacturing of wearing apparel
  • standard sizing systems for clothing
  • apparel manufacturing technology

Skills and competences

  • alter wearing apparel
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel
  • coordinate manufacturing production activities
  • create patterns for garments
  • distinguish accessories
  • distinguish fabrics
  • evaluate garment quality
  • inspect wearing apparel products
  • operate garment manufacturing machines
  • operate computerised control systems
  • prepare production prototypes
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces

Transversal competences

  • perform process control in the wearing apparel industry

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences