Description

Tailors, dressmakers and furriers make, alter and repair tailored clothing, dresses, coats and other made-to-measure garments. Milliners make, alter and repair hats. This unit group also includes alterationists who fit, alter and repair garments. They are employed by clothing retailers, clothing alteration shops, dry cleaners and garment manufacturing companies or they may be self-employed.

Job Titles

• Alterations dressmaker
• Custom tailor
• Seamstress
• Tailor

Main Duties

• Make made-to-measure garments, such as suits and coats according to customers’ and clothing manufacturers’ specifications and fit
• Design, select and/or modify commercial patterns to customers’ and clothing manufacturers’ specifications
• Mark, cut and sew fabric
• Fit, alter and repair garments according to customers’ requests by hand or using sewing machines.

Workplaces

• Clothing alteration shops
• Clothing retailers
• Dry cleaners
• Garment manufacturing companies
• Self-employed

Skills

• Operation and Control
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Equipment and Tool Selection
• Instructing

Abilities

• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Finger Dexterity
• Manual Dexterity
• Colour Perception
• Control of Settings

Personal Attributes

• Attention to Detail
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Concern for Others
• Independence

Similar Occupations

• Couturier – haute couture (in 53123.02 Fashion designers)

Source: OaSIS