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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with standard SOPs
   • Determine job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to use electronic design tools
   • Interpret measurements and pattern requirements from technical drawings and specifications sheets
   • Identify garment factors that need to be considered
   • Select and prepare suitable software programs and computing equipment
   • Access and prepare digital working space
3. Digitise and modify patterns
   • Input manual pattern into program
   • Prepare final pattern pieces for grading and marking
   • Print pattern and assess against design and production specifications
4. Access and modify library patterns
   • Access pattern block from library
   • Modify patterns to create design features
   • Produce style from block to meet design requirements
   • Print pattern and assess against design and production specifications
5. Grade patterns using digital techniques
   • Grade pattern according to sizing system for identified target group
   • Check all pattern points in preparation for grading
   • Grade block to meet size specifications requirements
   • Use block to make pattern and grade
6. Check and finalise pattern
   • Produce graded pattern
   • Assess accuracy and completeness
   • Make adjustments or improvements as required
   • Create final products and protect, organise and store them according to workplace practices

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 practices
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Specifications include one of more of the following:	type of fabric width and length of fabric size and garment measurements pattern details with specific measurements for proportion guidelines seam allowance for seams, waist, pocket and hem design and make instructions base size and size range clear, detailed technical drawings
Input manual pattern into program includes the following:	creating straight and curved seams creating extensions for button fastenings manipulating darts and edge pivoting to create fullness adding simple pleats, tucks and gathers creating simple collars adding seam and hem allowances to all pattern pieces

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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

interpreting measurements and pattern requirements from technical drawings and specifications sheets

identifying garment patternmaking and grading requirements

selecting appropriate software programs

inputting manual pattern into digitising program

accessing pattern block library

using digital techniques to modify patterns

using digital techniques to grade patterns according to sizing system for identified target group

producing graded pattern for at least three (3) items or a small range, such as pants, shirt, bodice, sleeve and skirt

checking outputs against specifications of design brief and making adjustments according to workplace procedures.

protecting, organising and storing graded patterns according to workplace procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

work instructions, standard operating procedures and safe work practices

relevant Australian Standards

principles of design

use of technical drawings and specifications sheets

sizing systems for men, women and children

use of digital programs and computer hardware

software programs, such as:

computer-aided design (CAD)

Gerber Technology

StyleCAD

Lectra Systems

Optitex

Adobe Illustrator

use of grade rule libraries

use of x and y coordinates

digitised patternmaking tools and procedures

seams, including:

straight seams

curved seams

waist

pocket

hem

leg

operating procedures

garment production requirements

designs, patterns and production requirements

quality standards

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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