Tailor
Code 7531.5
Tailors design, make or fit, alter, repair tailored, bespoke or hand-made garments from textile fabrics, light leather, fur and other material, or make hats or wigs for men. They produce made-to-measure wearing apparel according to customer's or garment manufacturer's specifications. They are able to read and understand size charts, details surrounding finished measurements, etc.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- e-tailoring
- buttonholing
- 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
- make made-to-measure garments
- manufacture male suits
- cut fabrics
- sew textile-based articles
- sew pieces of fabric
- create patterns for garments
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- design wearing apparel
- evaluate garment quality
- manufacture wearing apparel products
- manage briefs for clothing manufacturing
- draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
- operate garment manufacturing machines
- iron textiles
- prepare production prototypes
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
Transversal competences
- history of fashion
- measure the human body for wearing apparel
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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