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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 develop a textile product range
   • Analyse product development brief to determine design requirements and intended purpose of product range
   • Recognise and analyse design elements, themes and initial concepts
   • Analyse profile of target market population to determine particular product requirements and market trends
   • Determine styles, colours and types of yarn required
   • Investigate product development factors
3. Develop textile product range
   • Develop concepts in line with brief to explore design options
   • Determine textile product range options
   • Estimate costs of proposed range
   • Consult with design team to refine product design and range options
   • Review preliminary plans and make modifications, as required
   • Draw product range designs and complete documentation
4. Present textile product range for approval
   • Present designs for full textile product range to client using a range of presentation tools, and in line with workplace procedures
   • Explain features, costs and benefits of proposed designs to the client in line with initial design brief
   • Respond to feedback from client and make modifications, as required
   • Review product range to confirm acceptance of proposed designs
   • Finalise development process and complete relevant documentation

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
Textile product range includes one or more of the following:	industrial products (e.g. protective textiles) household products (e.g. tableware, manchester and cleaning cloths) leisure products (e.g. camping and outdoor equipment) artworks fabrics fashion accessories
Design requirements include three or more of the following:	end uses of product budget requirements production requirements timelines client requirements workplace requirements quality requirements style and feature requirements
Product development factors include but not limited to the following:	textile design trends and their relationship to product development existing themes and their relationship to product development yarn and material suppliers availability, suitability and costing of resources supply chains for product range to provide information about product development, production and sales flows
Costs include but not limited to the following:	materials resources labour overheads other production costs
Presentation tools include one or more of the following:	storyboards models computer-aided drawings textile or yarn samples

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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

interpreting and applying design brief requirements, design elements, concepts and themes, and intended purpose of product range

analysing profile of target market population to determine particular product requirements and market trends

determining styles, colours and types of yarn required

consulting with design team to refine product design and range options, review preliminary plans and make modifications, as required

drawing product range designs and completing documentation

making cost calculations and estimates for a range of at least ten (10) items

presenting designs for full textile product range of at least ten (10) items to client using a range of presentation tools, and in line with workplace procedures

explaining features, costs and benefits of proposed designs to the client in line with initial design brief

responding to feedback from client, making modifications, as required, and reviewing product range to confirm acceptance of proposed designs

finalising development process and complete relevant documentation.

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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)

elements and principles of design

trends in industry, and global and local trends

range of yarns, including weight and other characteristics

research sources

measuring and costing of textile materials and yarns

legislation, regulatory requirements, copyright obligations and codes of practice

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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