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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Prepare to use and apply sizing system
  3. Develop size chart

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

Sizing system includes one or more of the following:

women's sizes, such as 10, 12, 14, 16, and so on

men's sizes, such as 92, 95, 95, and so on

women's bra sizes, such as 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12DD, and so on

children's sizes, such as 1-7, 8-12, and so on

babies' sizes, such as 0000, 000, 00, 0, and so on

Body measurements include one or more of the following:

all measurements as required for labelling according to legislation requirements, such as:

height and weight

reference points, such as nape, waist point, seat vertex, abdomen vertex, carpus, neck base, upper sternum, bust point and pelvic bone

levels, such as crown, shoulder, armscye, bust or chest, waist, hip, crotch and knee

girth measurements, such as waist, bust or chest, hip, high hip, upper and under bust, head circumference, upper arm, wrist, thigh, calf, ankle and heel/instep

horizontal measurements, such as shoulder, shoulder breadth, across front, across back, and bust point to bust point

vertical measurements, such as nape to centre back waist, nape to neck base, nape to bust or chest, nape to waist, nape to wrist, centre front waist to floor, centre back waist to floor, right-hand side waist to floor, left-hand side waist to floor, waist to hip, inside leg, body rise, arm length and neck length

cup size

shoe size

seat prominence

knee

instep

posture

Body characteristics include one or more of the following:

genetic, developmental and structural influences

shape classifications, such as hourglass, rectangular, pear and inverted triangle

anthropometric classifications (somatotypes)

shoulder slope (raised, normal and sloping)

body sway and postural asymmetry (according to lower and upper body)

proportions (tall, short or average, short or long-waisted, and mid-body shortness)

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:

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

reading and interpreting design specifications and Australian and international sizing systems

analysing body measurements and body characteristics and their effect on sizing

taking necessary body measurements and recording distinctive body characteristics

analysing sizing requirements of at least two (2) garments, determining sizing system, and identifying appropriate sizes from sizing system for the design

taking necessary body measurements and recording distinctive body characteristics

identifying effects of inappropriate sizing for the design

developing and storing size charts based on at least two (2) sizing systems.