Course Title: Perform industrial sewing on textile products
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
Course Code: GRAP5215C
Course Title: Perform industrial sewing on textile products
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C3225 - Certificate III in Textile Fabrication
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
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge to perform industrial sewing on textile products.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTX2012B Perform industrial sewing on textile products |
Element: |
1 Prepare work |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Work is received, checked and any follow-up action is determined. |
Element: |
2 Prepare workstation |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Workbench and seating are set up according to OHS practices. |
Element: |
3 Identify poor machine performance |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 The performance of the machine is regularly checked for signs of faulty operation, including evidence from the inspection of finished work and required action taken. |
Element: |
4 Sew textile product |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Sewing is conducted according to requirements for operations. |
Element: |
5 Complete work |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Sewn components or textile products are inspected, any faults identified and appropriate action taken and finished pieces are checked against quality standards. |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to prepare work, prepare workstation, identify poor machine performance, sew textile products and complete work.
Details of Learning Activities
In general your training is contextualised according to the company’s production processes undertaken as a part of the trainees normal work duties.
Your tasks are selected for training and explanation of the task to be undertaken is given by the trainer and the correct procedure discussed. The task is demonstrated by the trainer and underpinning skills and knowledge are developed.
When the trainer is confident you are capable of undertaking the task safely you will then do the task. During this time your work would be monitored by the trainer and questioning and further instruction given.
You will also be given workplace based tasks and activities to complete and practice between visits. Any activities and work performed between visits are reviewed and further training is undertaken accordingly.
RMIT University learning resources are used to support your training.
Teaching Schedule
In general you will be taught by 6 means within a workplace training context as follows:
1. Introduction and overview of course. Basics of skills required and course content 2 hours
2. Use of learning resources and basic skills development 2 hours
3. Workshop 6 hours
4. Complete manuals 4 hours
5. Supervised skill development to competency 34 hours
6. Consolidation of skills and assessment 2 hours
You will practice skills and understanding as a part of your workplace duties between sessions. Activities and work performed between visits are reviewed in the following session and further training is undertaken accordingly.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Not Applicable |
References
Not Applicable |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be in the form of observation of your ability to prepare work, prepare workstation, identify poor machine performance, sew textile products and complete work. Also by questioning for underpinning knowledge.
Assessment Tasks
You will be assessed by observation as you demonstrate your ability to prepare work, prepare workstation, identify poor machine performance, sew textile products and complete work (you can check the performance criteria above for more details of these skills). You will be questioned for underpinning knowledge for all these operations.
Assessment Matrix
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