Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Prepare to conduct quality assurance
- Identify all steps of the quality process for development of patterns and garment production according to Australian Standards
- Analyse specification document and check information is complete
- Identify input and output requirements and check garment measurement table
- Assess integrity and validity of base pattern to ensure seams match and darts are proved
- Check if block and pattern is appropriate for design and identify construction and finishing methods
- Prepare tools and equipment and prepare garment for measuring
- Implement quality assurance practices
- Take accurate garment measurements and compare to specifications in measurement table
- Verify garment sizing and identify and record any problems, faults or deviations
- Report problems to designer, patternmaker and sample machinist
- Obtain fabric performance and testing information and verify against label information
- Identify faults or production problems for garment construction or patterns, and recommend suitable preventative or corrective action
- Conclude quality assurance process
- Check garment or article against specifications and attach tickets, labels and swing tags, as required, according to Australian Standards
- Prepare for despatch according to industry standards, environmental considerations and sustainable practice
- Despatch completed garments and complete and store quality assurance, production and other records