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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 SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Analyse key influences on textile designs
   • Identify significant historical events that have influenced textile design and analyse their effects
   • Identify significant cultural influences on the development of textile design and analyse their effects
   • Analyse contemporary influences on textile design
   • Identify characteristics represented in textiles
   • Analyse changes to production processes, including the effects of new and emerging technologies on textile designs
3. Identify features of the design process
   • Identify steps in responding to a design brief
   • Identify commercial considerations in producing a design
   • Identify elements of design
   • Identify principles of design
4. Source information on textile designs and products
   • Identify possible sources of information on textile designs and products and determine means of accessing information
   • Use information gathering tools according to workplace procedures
   • Assess information for reliability to inform design processes
5. Analyse textile construction techniques
   • Identify purpose and key features of textile product
   • Describe desired effects of design features
   • Describe production techniques applied to create design features
   • Identify use of production techniques in contemporary designs
6. Identify characteristics of colour and prepare colour chart
   • Investigate colour and identify dimensions
   • Identify relationship between value and intensity and paint a colour chart
   • Prepare colour wheel and shade scale according to colour mixing principles
   • Implement colour matching of garment and garment items for production
   • Inspect colour charts or check against quality standards and make any changes or adjustments, as required
   • Complete documentation relating to colour charts
7. Analyse influences on future directions in textiles
   • Identify new or emerging textiles and examine features, benefits and likely uses
   • Analyse trends and influences to identify possible changes in textile production and demand
   • Identify and access sources of information relating to future directions and innovations in textile design to maintain currency of industry knowledge
   • Present research information using industry appropriate presentation, communication tools and formats

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 includes one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment standard operating procedures (SOPs) work instructions personal protective equipment (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
Design process includes one or more of the following:	awareness level understanding of the process to respond to a work brief researching sources of information creating art and design work, including prototypes and first drafts using design tools, such as illustrations, software programs and modelling materials awareness of commercial concepts, such as: type of production costs timing equipment (available and needed) marketing and sales availability of raw materials and required resources
Tools include one or more of the following:	audio visual equipment computer and web technologies telephone fax machine
Purpose includes one or more of the following:	artistic or creative decorative cultural environmental functional
Dimensions of colour include the following:	value and tone hue chroma/intensity/clarity/saturation

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Performance Evidence

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

identifying the principles and elements of design

using a variety of different sources, tools and technology to research information on textile design influences

accessing and evaluating research information from at least six (6) different types of sources

analysing influences on textile production techniques

preparing colour charts that support textile design for at least two (2) items or products

identifying emerging or future directions for textiles, their uses and textile production

identifying and accessing sources of information relating to future directions and innovations in textile design to maintain currency of industry knowledge

presenting research information using industry appropriate presentation, communication tools and formats.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

impact of key historical events, cultural influences and contemporary influences

historical events, such as:

wars

social change

technological developments (e.g. industrial revolution)

changes in global manufacturing, design and trade

cultural influences, such as:

weaving of the Pueblo Indians

African textiles

Indonesian textiles (e.g. Batik and Ikat)

tapestries from Scandinavia

medieval textiles

Indian textiles (e.g. block printing and tie-dying)

contemporary influences on textiles, such as:

invention of new technologies

innovations in design and production

contemporary art movements

fashion trends

personal influences, such as career development and early influences

the supply and availability of raw materials

economic factors related to industry

climate

image of certain textiles

trend patterns of different textiles

recycling and sustainability

characteristics represented in textiles, such as:

gender

nationality

religious status or affiliation

political status or affiliation

social or economic status

personal achievements

lineage

textile production processes and impact of changes in technology

elements of design:

line

shape and silhouette

colour

texture

value

principles of design:

repetition

pattern

gradation

rhythm

radiation

harmony

contrast

dominance

proportion

balance

unity

sources of information on textiles and textile products

textile construction and production techniques

characteristics of colour

new and emerging textiles and trends in textile design

research techniques:

library

internet

journals and periodicals

books

reference manuals

television shows

documentaries

museums

galleries

workshops or studios

textile producers

yarn suppliers

industry councils or bodies

other industry professionals

industry appropriate presentation media, communication tools and techniques

communication tools:

inspiration board

storyboard

personal presentation

demonstration

models

samples

multimedia tools

print and audio tools

demonstration or exhibition:

workplace procedures.

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