Course Title: Identify fibres, yarns and textile materials and their uses in textile production

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3221 Certificate III in Textile Production

Course Title: Identify fibres, yarns and textile materials and their uses in textile production

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 50

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)

MKTG5756C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

350T Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term1 2011

Course Contact: Peter Bonnell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259171

Course Contact Email: peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge to identify fibres, yarns and textile materials and how they are used in textile production processes.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

LMTTX2001B Identify fibres, yarns and textile materials and their uses in textile production

Elements:

1 Identify types and characteristics of textile materials

2 Identify stages of processing fibres or yarns

3 Describe methods of constructing textile products


Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to identify types and characteristics of textile materials, identify stage of processing fibres or yarns and will be able to describe methods of constructing textile products.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be in the form of observation of your ability to identify types and characteristics of textile materials, identify stage of processing fibres or yarns and will be able to describe methods of constructing textile products. Also by questioning for underpinning knowledge.