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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Prepare to develop design concept
  3. Develop design concept
  4. Check and review design concept

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:

requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment

SOPs

work instructions

PPE

oral, written and visual communication

quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output

housekeeping

tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling

WHS requirements

Australian Standards include:

the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken

Drawing tools and equipment include one or more of the following:

A3 layout pad

digital equipment

software

fabrics

hand tools

pencils, crayons, pens and paints

paper and cardboard

Significant events include one or more of the following:

wars

female emancipation

rock and roll

hippy era

technological developments (e.g. plastics and manufactured textiles)

space age

Garments include one or more of the following:

skirts

trousers/pants

shirts/blouses

dresses

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices

identifying and illustrating selected features of fashion trends related to significant 20th Century events or periods

drawing a series of trade sketches to illustrate design principles for at least two (2) garment features that represent fashion trends related to a significant 20th Century event or periods

developing a storyboard and documentation to represent design concept for one (1) simple garment that reflects fashion trends related to a significant 20th Century event

checking design concept and making required changes, as required to meet relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken

significant events of the 20th Century that have impacted on fashion trends

fashion trends relating to garment features, such as:

skirt hem lengths

sleeve shapes

trousers widths

lycra

hipsters

design principles and features of fashion trends associated with 20th Century events

principles of design:

repetition

gradation

rhythm

radiation

harmony

contrast

dominance

proportion

balance

unity

elements of a storyboard:

fabrics

colours

sketches

illustrations

shapes

textures

specifications

fabric swatches

quality criteria:

proportion

perspective

symmetry and balance

detailing

neatness

work instructions, SOPs and safe work practices.