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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. Prepare to analyse use of colour
   • Examine effects of colour dimensions
   • Identify relationship of colour theory to textile design process
   • Analyse visual or optical effects of colour
   • Collect and compare samples of textile products that demonstrate different visual effects, and apply workplace procedures
   • Analyse effects of colour used in textiles
3. Analyse suitable colour combinations to use in textile design
   • Develop colour combinations using computer software or manual processes
   • Use colour wheel and colour charts to assist colour investigations
   • Identify and illustrate new colour schemes
4. Explore colour in textile design
   • Identify different colour uses and compare for impact
   • Investigate colour forecasting options
   • Document colour investigations for future reference

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
Dimensions of colour include the following:	value or tone hue chroma/ intensity/ clarity/saturation
Visual or optical effects include two or more of the following:	size density value visual mixing simultaneous contrast motion texture
Colour combinations include two or more of the following:	complementary or contrasting analogous or harmonious triad monochromatic

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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:

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

identifying uses of colour in textile designs

preparing and using colour wheels and colour charts for at least two (2) textile samples

using appropriate tools and equipment

collecting and comparing at least ten (10) samples of textile products that demonstrate different visual effects

using at least three (3) pieces of fabric to colour match all components to complement, such as zip, buttons, threads, linings and other appropriate trims

documenting colour investigations for future reference

applying workplace procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

colour wheels and colour charts

dimensions of colour

visual or optical effects of colour

uses of colour in textile designs

characteristics of different fibres and fabrics

tools and equipment for experimenting with colour

workplace procedures

documentation and record keeping.

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