Course Title: Perform knitting operations
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5210 Diploma of Textile Technology and Production Management
Course Title: Perform knitting operations
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) |
MANU7212C |
Brunswick Campus |
TAFE |
350T Fashion & Textiles |
Face-to-Face or Workplace |
Term1 2009, Term1 2010 |
Course Contact: Inna Konopov
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9197
Course Contact Email: inna.konopor@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
The course offers an extensive study in understanding knitted fabric trends, engineering of a knitwear products by utilising knowledge of yarn selection, loop formation, calculation of the requirements of raw materials. It includes a study on different categories of production methods of knitwear garments, use of CAD/CAM systems to design and produce a range of knitwear fabrics
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTX2007B Perform knitting operations |
Elements: |
1. Set up and load machine |
Learning Outcomes
Overview of Assessment
Students will study CAD/CAM programming methods in knitwear production, conduct research on knitted, design and develop a range of knitwear products according to the identified trends, develop a computer program for production of knitwear through practical experimentation and computer simulations, prescribed exercises and assessment work. Students will be guided through the processes of CAD/CAM and machine knitting.