Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to use digital technologies for estimating garment yields for costing. It involves translating graded pattern pieces onto a cutting lay plan, to minimises fabric waste and optimise cutting accuracy.
The unit of competency applies to the use of specialised electronic programs and computing equipment to digitise patterns.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and 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 | Determine job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Determine yield from fabric | 2.1 | Examine measurements and identify marker requirements from specification |
2.2 | Determine the impact of fabric features and specifications on marker | ||
2.3 | Identify pattern width and size scale and estimate material utilisation | ||
2.4 | Select and prepare suitable software programs and computing equipment | ||
2.5 | Access pattern/style libraries and enter fabric and sizing information | ||
2.6 | Generate an order for pattern/style marker | ||
2.7 | Determine optimal layout configuration to minimise fabric waste | ||
2.8 | Ensure lay requirements meet design specifications | ||
2.9 | Confirm garment yield from fabric | ||
3 | Prepare costing markers | 3.1 | Generate digital costing marker |
3.2 | Determine preliminary costing and assess commercial viability of production | ||
3.3 | Identify need for and make adjustments to improve viability | ||
3.4 | Create marker to maximise utilisation | ||
3.5 | Determine piece count, marker length and fabric utilisation | ||
3.6 | Ensure measurements and requested specifications are accurately documented | ||
3.7 | Print scaled marker and assess against design and production specifications | ||
4 | Prepare marker for use | 4.1 | Prepare marker for use and determine distribution or storage requirements |
4.2 | Prepare marker for email distribution | ||
4.3 | Store marker according to workplace procedures | ||
4.4 | Print scaled marker and prepare for processing | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:
reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
applying relevant standards
identifying marker requirements
selecting appropriate software programs
accessing pattern/style libraries
preparing order for pattern/style marker
using digital techniques to determine and modify layout
determining optimal fabric yield
using digital techniques to cost fabric
producing costing markers for at least two (2) complete set of graded patterns
checking outputs against specifications of brief
assessing commercial viability of patterns
storing marker according to workplace procedures
printing scaled marker and preparing for processing.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:
reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
applying relevant standards
identifying marker requirements
selecting appropriate software programs
accessing pattern/style libraries
preparing order for pattern/style marker
using digital techniques to determine and modify layout
determining optimal fabric yield
using digital techniques to cost fabric
producing costing markers for at least two (2) complete set of graded patterns
checking outputs against specifications of brief
assessing commercial viability of patterns
storing marker according to workplace procedures
printing scaled marker and preparing for processing.
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 electronic fashion design and costing, 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 practices |
Australian Standards include: | the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken |
Markers include one of more of the following: | costing yield markers sample marker volume markers |
Requested specificationsinclude the following: | style number required sizes bundle codes piece descriptions spreading instructions |
Fabric specifications include the following: | types of fabrics width and length of fabric measurements pattern/style |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Fashion design and technology