This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to assess garments for maintenance or repair and to undertake the required maintenance and repairs.

This unit of competency applies to the range of repairs that typically apply in specialised garment repair situations, where the complexity and degree of responsibility will be dependent on the size of the enterprise and internal work organisation.

Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities. Work is performed within defined procedures under direct supervision.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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

applying relevant standards

assessing at least ten (10) garments or fabric types and determining required maintenance or repair

calculating costs

assessing or organising cleaning or laundering of garment, where necessary

repairing and restoring at least ten (10) garments or fabric types to optimum condition, using a range of maintenance and repair techniques, in accordance with workplace procedures

preparing garment for storage, where appropriate

maintaining records and preparing reports, where necessary, in accordance with workplace procedures.

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

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

relevant Australian Standards

characteristics of fibres and fabrics

variety of fabrics/materials and how they react to laundering, dry cleaning or spot cleaning

appropriate testing procedures

cleaning agents and the effect they have on a range of fabrics/materials, including those that are fragile and easily damaged

garment repair techniques and their application

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

Assessors must:

satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment, as set by the VET regulator

have vocational competency in garment maintenance and repair, at least to the level being assessed, with relevant industry knowledge and experience.

Assessment should occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible, or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment reflecting realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.

This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Not applicable

Clothing production