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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
The brief: | describes and specifies the work to be completed is usually prepared by commissioning body or organisation, e.g. supervisor, client, community organisation may be written, diagrammatic, visual, verbal. |
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The wearable object to be designed and made may be the whole object, part of the object, a prototype or model and may include but is not limited to: | accessories costumes fashion clothing footwear jewellery millinery. |
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Specifications would be articulated in the brief and may refer to: | audience medium purpose style. |
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Parameters or constraints may refer to: | budgeting and financing requirements cost of production number of items outlets time frames. |
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Information pertinent to the brief may be about: | design standards health and safety industry standards legal, contractual, ethical and copyright considerations material characteristics and capabilities stylistic considerations technological considerations. |
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Work space needs may include: | dry areas dust extraction lighting process specific space needs ventilation wet areas. |
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Materials may include: | fabric, fibre, spun fibre, felt, straw found objects leather metal, wire, plastics, latex, acrylic, rubber paints, inks, dyes paper paper, cardboard, pulp plastics stones wood. |
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Tools and equipment relate to requirements for dressmaking, shoemaking and leather work, millinery and jewellery making and include among others: | blocks hand tools lasts leather working tools metal working tools painting and dying equipment sewing machines for fabric and leather weaving equipment wood working tools. |
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Safety requirements are in accordance with: | Federal, State and Territory legislation, regulation and standards. |
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Preliminary visual representation may involve: | computer-aided drawing sketching mock-up. |
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Criteria for the selection of the approach may include: | access to materials, tools and equipment required for the making of the object access to specialist fabricators consistency with the brief for the wearable object ease of manufacture personal affinity with medium and materials. |
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The approach may encompass: | aesthetic and stylistic considerations choice of medium and materials design solutions the parameters of the brief. |
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Techniques may include: | crimping, lasting, inseaming, bottoming, treeing and finishing leather work metal work, casting, embossing, etching, engraving, stone setting painting, printing, dying sewing, knotting, weaving, knitting, stitching straw and felt blocking, weaving, trimming, embellishing, millinery stitching. |
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Testingprocesses may involve: | exploring techniques by making practice pieces, test pieces, mock-ups or samples testing materials by applying stress tests, colour tests etc. |
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Refining the approach may include: | adjustment to design adjustment to design considerations adjustment to utilise the capabilities of the techniques no change. |
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Documenting the concept may involve: | final drawings illustrations, photographs material samples models specifications for fabrication written rationale or description. |
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