Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2014
Course Code: EMPL5588C
Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C4218 - Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development
Course Contact : Peter Bonnell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259171
Course Contact Email:peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Rachel Halton tel. (03) 9925 9158 email. rachel.halton@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
This is a core unit
Course Description
This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge required to identify key production processes within a textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) sector.
The unit applies to all sectors in the TCF industry. It may be applied to a specific sector but must include production processes and flow of product from raw materials through to distribution.
The unit applies to working in the TCF industry and includes identification of applicable legislation, guidelines and workplace practices for the relevant sector.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTGN2003B Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry |
Element: |
1. Identify key industry representatives
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Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant TCF sectors are identified. |
Element: |
3. Identify production processes and supply chains
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Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Workplace materials are identified. |
Element: |
2. Identify relevant legislation and guidelines
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Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Relevant legislation and guidelines common to employment within TCF sector are identified. |
Element: |
4. Describe workplace processes
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Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace practices are identified. |
Element: |
5. Learn skills for productive work
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Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Required skills for current work role are identified. |
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6. Manage own work
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Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Responsibility is taken for own work tasks and role. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
Classroom activities including lectures, tutorials, on-line activities where students are challenged to reflect and debate on different value positions, concepts and issues.
You will be required to participate in case study learning, problem solving activities, self-reflection and discussion.
Activities will encourage both individual and group based learning responsibilities .
You will be required to attend off campus industry visits and visits from guest speakers from varied TCF industries.
Teaching Schedule
This Unit is delivered concurrently with the following Units: Implement and monitor OH&S in the workplace OHTH5451C & Source textile materials and resources MANU5923C, and includes clustered learning activities common to all Units. Further details will be provided by your class teacher in your first session.
Work in the TCF:
Session 1 Introduction to the Unit, overview "what is the TCF Industry".
Session 2 Research activity "industry associations, unions, legislative bodies"
Session 3 Skills Audit, skills required for TCF Industry.
Session 4 Industry Excursion. Supply Chains
Session 5 Industry Excursion. Production Quality and Concepts.
Session 6 Industry Excursion. Specifications to guide Production.
Session 7 Guest Speaker. Workplace Practices and Processes.
Source Textile Materials and Resources:
Session 1 Overview of Unit and Assessment Tasks. Identify Production resources used in the design and development of Textiles. Discuss supply chains. Identify Suppliers of Resources (including raw materials), for the TCF Industry.
Session 2 Undertake ordering of production requirements. Prepare necessary data to guide Production. Specification Sheets for Textile production.
Session 3 Source and compare necessary information to guide Production - Produce Sales Invoices and Purchase Orders to complete Production.
Implement OH&S in the Workplace
Session 1: What is OH&S? Why is it important? Introduction to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, policies and procedures, codes of practise, rights and responsibilities.
Session 2: Implement and monitor systems in the workplace for controlling risks.
Session 3: Online OH&S test
Session 4: Students to undertake OH&S questionnaire
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Apparel production terms and processes, Janace Bubonia-Clarke |
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Going global : the textiles and apparel industry, Grace I. Kunz |
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Apparel production management and the technical package, Paula J. Myers-McDevitt |
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Costing for the fashion industry, Michael Jeffrey |
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Fashion supply chain management : industry and business analysis, Tsan-Ming Choi |
References
Other Resources
A4 Portfolio including dividers and Plastic Sleeves
Notebook, Pen for recording information from Industry visits.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is ongoing throughout the course and will include project work.
Assessment Tasks
Fact Sheet / Industry Bodies 40%
Workplace Reports (2) 60%
Report on Industry Visits CA/NYC
Industry SKills Audit CA/NYC
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
This Unit is delivered concurrently with the following Units:-
Implement and monitor OH&S in the workplace (LMTGN4010A) OHTH5451C
Source textile materials and resources (LMTTD4006A) MANU5923C
and includes clustered learning activities common to all Units.. Further details will be provided by your class teacher in your first session.
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