Certificate II in Apparel, Fashion and Textiles - MST20722

Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS: 03020E

This qualification reflects the role of entry-level workers in the textile, clothing and footwear industry who perform basic and defined work tasks involving known routines and procedures under supervision. This qualification is typically used to develop basic employment related skills and knowledge including preparatory access and participation skills and/or specific workplace skills that relate to an individual sector.Specialisations and/or elective selections allow for the tailoring of this qualification to achieve basic skill outcomes in different areas of apparel, fashion and textile work.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Subjects

• Assemble simple blocked millinery components
• Place and cut millinery patterns
• Select and handle materials for manufactured textile products
• Operate dry cleaning machines
• Perform moulding operations
• Produce and attach millinery trims
• Replace half leather sole
• Select, transfer and remove materials and products
• Determine characteristics of materials used in leather goods production
• Provide customer service in a dry cleaning or laundry enterprise
• Assess and cost footwear repair job
• Finish textile products
• Prepare, finish and package products for storage or dispatch
• Use basic drawing techniques
• Perform stuff cutting
• Provide hand sewing and finishing support
• Operate computing technology in a TCF workplace
• Modify patterns
• Use dyeing techniques to produce Indigenous textile designs
• Stitch by hand
• Operate machine to sew upper
• Work safely with chemicals in TCF operations
• Lay up, mark and cut uncomplicated fabrics and lays
• Perform industrial sewing on textile products
• Cut printed materials by machine
• Identify fabric and garment cleaning requirements
• Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• Repair footwear product
• Assemble simple textile products
• Perform minor maintenance
• Identify and handle fabrics and textiles
• Use specialised machinery to support apparel and textile production
• Use basic textile production processes
• Perform footwear finishing operations
• Perform tasks to support production
• Perform test or inspection to check product quality
• Identify pre-spotting requirements
• Work in the TCF industry
• Control dry cleaning finishing operations
• Explore the use of colour
• Follow a design process
• Sew or patch by machine
• Work in a team
• Last shoe by machine
• Draw basic sketches of textile products
• Cut non-printed leather by machine
• Use steaming and pressing equipment in TCF production
• Supply and fit new heel block
• Work safely
• Cut and form metal
• Make flat patterns for millinery
• Perform table-based operations
• Prepare and communicate design concepts for simple textile products
• Make measurements
• Use canvas and sail production tools
• Machine upper according to product requirements
• Embellish footwear
• Identify materials used in footwear production
• Sew materials by machine
• Work within an Indigenous cultural framework
• Make millinery with flat pattern components
• Apply communication skills
• Apply millinery sewing and adhesion techniques
• Receive and sort articles for cleaning
• Use printing techniques to produce Indigenous textile designs
• Attach non-slip sole or heel top piece
• Evaluate the nature of design in a specific industry context
• Weld plastic materials
• Trim headwear
• Produce felt for millinery
• Block and shape millinery by hand
• Control wet cleaning operations
• Make a simple headpiece
• Identify materials used in millinery

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