Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare workstation and equipment
- Prepare millinery patterns and materials
- Lay out millinery materials and patterns
- A single ply of materials is laid out in accordance with specifications and placement and cutting requirements
- Multiple plies of materials are laid out in accordance with specifications and placement and cutting requirements
- Patterns are manipulated according to specifications
- Pattern shapes are transferred to material ready for cutting
- Cut out millinery shapes and finalise work
- Material is cut out using cutting equipment suited to the requirements of the millinery item
- Straight lines are cut accurately and smoothly
- Concave and convex curves are cut accurately and smoothly
- Obtuse and acute angles are cut accurately
- Cut pieces are inspected for quality
- Cutting faults are rectified