Brief Job Description:

Self Employed Tailor is a skilled tailor versed with making customized Indian dresses. The job thus involves taking measurement, cutting fabric as per measurement and sewing with the help of ordinary sewing machines. The person also does alteration works of stitched dress materials to correct and fit as per customer requirements.

Self Employed Tailor is a role of a self-employed professional tailor who can sew and repair garments, made ups and home furnishing articles and manage livelihood out of it.

Personal Attributes: The tailor should have good eyesight, eye-hand- leg coordination, motor skills and clear vision and free from colour vision. The person should have good interpersonal skills, good listener and business acumen.

Curriculum

• Drafting and Cutting the Fabric
• Carry out the process of sewing for dress materials and common household items of textiles
• Carry out inspections and alterations to adjust corrections for fittings
• Maintain health, safety and security in the tailoring shop
• Maintain work area, tools and machine
• Comply with industry, regulatory and organizational requirements

Description

• This unit is about quantification and measurement of skills and competencies enabling one to take accurate measurement of human body to proceed tailoring
• This unit is about quantification and measurement of skills and competencies enabling one to sew cut components and common household items into complete form
• This unit is about quantification and measurement of skills and competencies enabling one to check stitched dress materials for any correction needs to be incorporated through stitching or other sewing processes.
• This unit is about quantification and measurement of skills and competencies enabling one to satisfactorily maintain health, safety and security in the workplace
• This unit provides Performance Criteria, Knowledge & Understanding and Skills & Abilities required to organize/ maintain work areas and activities to ensure tools and machines are maintained as per norms
• This unit provides Performance Criteria, Knowledge & Understanding and Skills & Abilities required for complying with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements at the workplace.

Scope

This unit/task covers the following:

• Identifying dress form, correct handling of measuring equipment, taking measurement correctly, basics of drafting and tools required and fabric cutting technique and factors involved in cutting fabrics
• Sewing components into full products (dress and/or common household items of textiles)
• Final checking after stitching, identify alteration needs and corrections for fittings
• Maintenance of health, safety and security in the workplace
• Maintain the work area tools, and machines
• Comply with industry and organizational requirements

Brief Job Description:

A sampling tailor is responsible for developing garment sample as per buyer’s specifications in the apparel industry. A sampling tailor should be able to perform basic fabric cutting operations and stitch garments of various designs with different neck lines, sleeves, collar etc. as per the quality standards. This job requires the individual to have thorough knowledge of measurements, garment styles, sampling & apparel production processes and should be able to sew garments with different materials & trims.

Personal Attributes:

A sampling tailor should have good eyesight, eye-hand-leg coordination, motor skills and vision (including near vision, distance vision, colour vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to change focus).He/she should also have good interpersonal skills, be open to learning, have basic understanding of measurements.

Curriculum

• Prepare for Sampling
• Carry out fabric cutting operations for preparing garment sample
• Stitch using machine or by hand
• Contribute to achieve sample quality in stitching operations
• Maintain work area, tools and machines
• Maintain health, safety and security at workplace

Description

• This unit is about pattern making of garments
• This unit is about cutting the fabric as per the technical package specifications for preparing the various garment components for the sample to be stitched
• This unit provides Performance Criteria, Knowledge &Understanding and Skills& Abilities required to stitch components using machines or by hand
• This unit provides Performance Criteria, Knowledge & Understanding and Skills& Abilities required to monitor the quality of the production while undertaking stitching related activities to ensure products meet specifications.
• This unit provides Performance Criteria, Knowledge & Understanding and Skills &Abilities  required to organise/maintain work areas and activities to ensure tools and machines are  maintained as per norms

Scope

This unit/task covers the following:

• Garment specification sheet/Technical Package (Tec pack)
• Formats followed in the sampling department
• Basics of Designing, Drafting & Pattern making
• Collecting the tools & materials required for sampling
• Fabric Cutting Technique
• Factors involved in cutting fabrics
• Prepare for stitching operations
• Stitch components to produce garment sample
• Contribute to achieving the sample quality in stitching operation
• Maintain the work area, tools and machines
• Comply with health, safety and security requirements at work