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Clothing Trades Workers
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Clothing Trades Workers
Clothing Trades Workers prepare and cut garment patterns and fabric, and make and repair garments.
Fun facts
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Decline Future Growth
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1132 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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51% full-time Full-Time Share
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80% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by clothing trades workers. A few are listed below:
- conferring with customers to determine material, styles and designs of garments
- interpreting designs, sketches and samples to determine pattern specifications
- cutting out master patterns
- laying up and cutting fabric
- pinning, basting and draping garment parts
- sewing garments
- fitting basted garments on customers and marking areas requiring alteration
- sewing buttonholes, and sewing on buttons, hooks, eyes and press fasteners to finish garments
- pressing and finishing work
Specific occupations
- Apparel Cutter
- Clothing Patternmaker
- Dressmaker or Tailor
- Clothing Trades Worker
- Milliner
- Pattern Grader (Clothing)
- Patternmaker-Grader
- Costume Maker
- Wardrobe Assistant
- Wardrobe Coordinator