Course Title: Interact and network with fashion industry participants

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6158 Advanced Diploma of Textile Design and Development

Course Title: Interact and network with fashion industry participants

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 80

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL7114C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

350T Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face

 Term2 2017,
Term1 2018,
Term2 2018,
Term1 2019

Course Contact: Deborah Wills-Ives

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9233

Course Contact Email: deborah.ives@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will undertake work placement with a textile company within the fashion and textiles industry. As part of your work placement you will start to build an understanding of the relationships that are integral to a textile company throughout the designing and production cycle. You will develop important communication skills as you start to communicate with various people who work within the fashion and textile supply chain.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

MSTFD4006 Interact and network with fashion industry participants

Elements:

1 Prepare to interact with others in the fashion industry

2 Communicated design concepts and production requirements

3. Develop and maintain effective industry networks

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. You will have completed 40 hours of work-placement with a TCF company and started to develop a network of industry participants within your chosen area of textile interest.


Overview of Assessment

This course is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment. To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all the assessment to a satisfactory standard.

You will receive feedback from the teacher at the conclusion of each assessment task.

Competency is achieved only if competency has been demonstrated within the standard enrolment period. Students are advised that they may be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to confirm aspects of competency not evidenced in class or through assessments.

Results for this course are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:
CA: Competency Achieved
NYC: Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment