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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Prepare to calculate cost estimates
  3. Calculate costs involved in producing fashion products
  4. Develop costing sheets to industry standards

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

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 practices

Australian Standards include:

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

Factors to consider when costing include one or more of the following:

variable costs (e.g. fabric and labour)

fixed costs (e.g. overheads)

single or small runs

bulk production

profit margin

Costs include the following:

fabrics

trims and accessories

materials

time

labour

overheads

Different methods of utilising labour include one or more of the following:

cut, make and trim (CMT)

subcontractors

offshore production

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

applying relevant standards

estimating costs of selected fabric and trims for sample garments and bulk production

calculating labour costs to produce sample garment and for bulk production

completing a costing sheet with relevant details, including costings of all relevant components, for a sample garment to industry standard

developing a quotation for a fashion product with details of all relevant costings of all relevant components for bulk production.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

work instructions, SOPs and safe work practices

relevant Australian Standards

industry standards for costing specifications

factors and market forces to consider when costing fashion products:

market demand for fashion labels

known versus unknown designer

trends

price range

hidden costs:

sample garments not being included in costing of bulk garments

wastage of fabric and materials

transport and delivery

time delay in client response or payment

range of typical garment fabrics, including weight and other characteristics

different methods of utilising labour in the fashion industry

designers

machinists

sample machinists

cutters

marker makers

patternmakers

quality controllers

pressers

packaging

marketing and sales

transportation

components of a costing sheet, including:

date

style/design number

size

fabrics/linings

trims

extras (e.g. pleating and embroidery)

labour/cut make and trim (CMT)

freight/shipping

packaging

overheads

labels

fabric swatch

flat trade sketch.