Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to identify fibres, yarns, fabrics and textile materials and how they are used in the construction of garments and accessories and in textile production processes.
The unit applies to a range of natural and synthetic materials, which may be used for knitted, woven, spun, tufted and non-woven products. While the unit relates to a comprehensive range of textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) materials, it may be contextualised to a sector or workplace. The unit applies to work conducted in all clothing design, production and merchandising, and textile production and finishing processes using fibres, yarns, fabrics and textiles. It may be conducted in small to large scale workplaces materials in all sectors of the TCF industr and may involve individual and team related activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria | |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | |
1. Distinguish types of TCF materials and production processes | 1.1 | Distinguish types of fibres and yarns, fabrics and textile materials used in manufacture of clothing and textile products |
1.2 | Identify methods of distinguishing and identifying fibres, yarns and textile materials | |
1.3 | Identify common and emerging fabrics used in garment industry | |
1.4 | Identify processes used on raw fibres, basic processed yarns, and finished yarns to create textiles | |
2. Identify characteristics of fabrics | 2.1 | Identify fibres used in the construction of different fabrics |
2.2 | Identify construction processes of different fabrics | |
2.3 | Examine a range of fabric types and identify their physical and visual qualities | |
2.4 | Identify generic and trade names for common fabrics and textile materials | |
3. Distinguish methods of constructing fabric and textile material | 3.1 | Identify purposes of different stages in textile product construction process |
3.2 | Distinguish basic processes of spinning fibres into yarns and processing yarns into knitted, woven and non-woven textile material | |
3.3 | Identify textile product construction processes | |
3.4 | Identify uses of different types of fibres and yarns and their effects on finished products | |
4. Identify uses of fabrics and textiles | 4.1 | Identify common uses of a range of fabrics and labelling requirements |
4.2 | Identify textile products and their end uses and labelling requirements | |
4.3 | Identify and measure fabric and textile material quality for identified purpose | |
4.4 | Identify impact of quality on production processes | |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Reading skills to interpret:
work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and specifications
regulatory and industry standards
Numeracy skills to calculate measurements of fabric and textile products
Other foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.
Sectors
Generic