clothing finisher

clothing industry

Major suppliers, brands and products involved in the clothing industry.

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clothing sizes

Sizes of clothing items in order to make appropriate suggestions to customers.

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decorate textile articles

Decorate wearing apparels and made up textile articles by hand or using machines. Decorate textile articles with ornaments, braided cords, golden yarns, soutaches, jewellery, and cristals.

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manufacture wearing apparel products

Manufacture either mass-product or bespoke wearing apparels of various types, assembling and joining together wearing apparel components using processes such as sewing, gluing, bonding. Assemble wearing apparel components using stitches, seams such as collars, sleeves, top fronts, top backs, pockets.

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tend textile finishing machines

Operate textile finishing machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.

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pack goods

Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.

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perform warehousing operations

Perform operations carried out in warehouses such as packing, carrying, stacking goods, sorting, loading and unloading freight from vans, trucks, wagons, ships or aircrafts.

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use textile finishing machine technologies

Use textile finishing machine technologies that enable the coating or laminating of fabrics.

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apparel manufacturing technology

Traditional and advanced apparel manufacturing technologies. Technologies including processes, machinery, etc. in order to compile and design pattern requirements, contribute to product costing and finalise assembly sequence and quality assurance criteria.

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fabric types

Woven, non-woven, knitted fabrics and netting fabrics, technical fabrics such as Gore-Tex and Gannex.

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sew protective workwear

Sew protective workwear using resistant materials and special stitching techniques. Combine good hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity, and physical and mental stamina.

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alter wearing apparel

Alter wearing apparel repairing or adjusting it to the clients/manufacturing specifications. Perform altering by hand or using equipment.

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cut fabrics

Cut fabrics and other wearing apparel materials considering measures, placement of the fabrics in the cutting table in multiple layers, and making the most efficient usage of the fabric avoiding waste. Cut fabrics by hand, or using electric knives, or other cutting tools depending on the fabric. Use computerised systems or automatic cutting machines.

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distinguish accessories

Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

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distinguish fabrics

Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.

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embroider fabrics

Embroider fabrics of different proveniences or finished articles by using embroidery machines or by hand.

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operate garment manufacturing machines

Operate and monitor machines which make miscellaneous wearing apparel articles. Operate and monitor machines that fold cloth into measured length, and measure size of pieces.

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sew textile-based articles

Sew different products based on textiles and wearing apparel articles. Combine good hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity, and physical and mental stamina.

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use textile technique for hand-made products

Using textile technique to produce hand-made products, such as carpets, tapestry, embroidery, lace, silk screen printing, wearing apparel, etc.

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These skills may be used for handicraft, textile art and haute-couture.

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carry out work-related measurements

Use suitable units, tools and equipment to carry out calculations for length, area, volume, weight, time, geometric shapes and sketches.

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cut textiles

Cut textiles fitting to customers' desires and needs.

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sew pieces of fabric

Operate basic or specialised sewing machines whether domestic or industrial ones, sewing pieces of fabric, vinyl or leather in order to manufacture or repair wearing apparels, making sure the threads are selected according to specifications.

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In the case of industrial sewing machines, the operations are computerised.

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