Certificate IV in Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising - MST40519

The Masters Institute of Creative Education

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 01859G

This qualification is intended to cover the skills and knowledge required to work as assistant designers, merchandising assistants and specialist production technicians, such as patternmakers and sewing machinists, who support design and production within the clothing and fashion industry. It includes business and design outcomes which build on technical production skills and knowledge, to provide a basis for career progression to design, construction and merchandising management roles.This qualification allows for a generalist qualification, or specialisation in the fields of \u2018Design and Product Development\u2019 or \u2018Business and Merchandising\u2019. No occupational licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication.

Subjects

  • Estimate and cost job
  • Lay up and cut complicated fabrics and lays
  • Interact and communicate with garment production personnel
  • Apply design studio process
  • Contribute to garment production process improvements
  • Lay up, mark and cut uncomplicated fabrics and lays
  • Cut fabrics for prototype designs
  • Apply quality standards
  • Implement copyright arrangements
  • Sew woven and stretch knit garments
  • Use a sewing machine for fashion design
  • Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industry
  • Analyse TCF merchandising and marketing principles
  • Perform sample machining of advanced construction garments
  • Interact and network with fashion industry participants
  • Present and promote textile design concepts
  • Develop product specifications for fashion design
  • Undertake marketing activities
  • Operate computing technology in a TCF workplace
  • Apply principles of colour theory to fashion design development
  • Promote products and services
  • Modify patterns to create basic styles
  • Create pattern from block to meet customer specifications
  • Use specialised machinery or processes to assist TCF production
  • Identify fabric performance and handling requirements
  • Set and produce digital embroidery
  • Measure, lay up and cut custom-made garments
  • Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
  • Assemble and fit commercially tailored or bespoke garments
  • Source materials and resources for production of TCF designs
  • Create pattern to meet design specifications applying advanced patternmaking principles
  • Communicate and sell design concepts
  • Use and apply sizing systems appropriate for fashion design
  • Draw a trade drawing for fashion design
  • Calculate cost estimates for TCF products
  • Create and edit digital embroidery designs
  • Apply knowledge of legislation relevant to international trade to complete work
  • Drape fabrics to make patterns
  • Identify design process for fashion designs
  • Press work
  • Apply knowledge of import and export international conventions, laws and finance
  • Identify influences on contemporary fashion designs and construction techniques
  • Work safely
  • Use electronic fashion design tools
  • Develop patterns from a block using basic patternmaking principles
  • Conduct quality assurance for patterns and garments
  • Organise and plan own work to achieve planned outcomes
  • Coordinate waste disposal
  • Sew design prototypes
  • Set up, adjust and maintain industrial sewing machines
  • Assist in preparation of preliminary design concepts
  • Use steaming and pressing equipment in TCF production
  • Make marker for complicated fabrics and lays
  • Assemble bra or swimwear
  • Apply knowledge of the international trade environment to complete work
  • Source textile materials and resources
  • Use colourisation techniques on fabrics
  • Analyse consumer behaviour
  • Organise and plan own work in a home-based production environment
  • Prepare and produce a complex whole garment from specifications
  • Interpret patterns and apply pattern information
  • Sew components, complex tasks
  • Construct stock size block for garment to meet size and fit specifications
  • Grade 2-D patterns
  • Conduct market research
  • Apply TCF market supply systems
  • Press whole garments
  • Embellish garment by hand or machine
  • Plan and implement production within a work area

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