Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to draw an accurate trade or technical drawing based on specifications and a design.
The unit of competency applies to the patternmaking or design room, where accurate trade or technical drawings are required to interpret and clarify a garment design.
Work is supervised and may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises. Work may involve individual and team activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Determine job requirements | 1.1 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
1.2 | Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times | ||
1.3 | Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs | ||
1.4 | Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Prepare to produce a trade drawing | 2.1 | Identify all garment characteristics, components and specifications |
2.2 | Select and prepare drawing tools, equipment and workstation | ||
2.3 | Select appropriate templates to prepare trade drawing | ||
3 | Produce a trade drawing | 3.1 | Use quality criteria to create a working drawing that correctly represents a pattern piece or garment |
3.2 | Draw lines accurately to represent garment specifications | ||
3.3 | Identify and label relevant parts of drawing and include notes relating to construction and design features | ||
4 | Check and complete work | 4.1 | Assess trade drawing against design specifications and quality criteria |
4.2 | Make changes or adjustments to trade drawing, as required | ||
4.3 | Complete and store documentation relating to trade drawing | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:
following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
applying relevant standards
using appropriate tools and equipment to produce working drawings
using templates to produce drawings that are in proportion and technically correct, showing all details, including front and back view, and incorporating all quality criteria
completing accurate trade drawings of at least two (2) garments that meet all requirements of the design brief or specification
drawing lines accurately to represent garment specifications
identifying and labelling relevant parts of drawing, and including notes relating to construction and design features
maintaining accurate records.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:
safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
relevant Australian Standards
drawing tools and equipment:
paper
layout pad
pencils, various grades
pencil sharpener
kneadable eraser
ruler
black felt tip pens
portfolios
templates
computer with drawing software
patternmaking and design terminology
fabric performance characteristics
garment styles, features, special effects and detailing options
quality criteria for trade drawings:
proportion
perspective
symmetry and balance
fabric performance
detailing
neatness
sequence of operations
lines to represent garment specifications:
straight
angled
curved
pointed
dotted
dashed
circled
recording and reporting practices
Assessment Conditions
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 technical or trade drawing for fashion design 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.
Foundation Skills
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.
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 requirements |
Australian Standards include: | the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken |
Garments include one or more of the following: | skirts trousers/pants shirts/blouses dresses coats lingerie |
Garment features include one or more of the following: | fitting and seam lines style lines yokes, gores and panels necklines sleeves collars zips and buttons pockets waistbands |
Details and special effects include one or more of the following: | top stitching and edge stitching pin tucks and tucks frills and gathers pleats drapes fabric effects (lace, fur and knitwear) bows and ties quilting elastication |
Templates for trade drawings include one or more of the following: | front and back full body view ladies, men's and children's upper torso/lower torso swimwear/lingerie full body with arms and legs extended from torso 3/4 turned |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Fashion design and technology