Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4218 Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development

Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL5588C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

350T Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term2 2014,
Term2 2015,
Term2 2016

Course Contact: Peter Bonnell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259171

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



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.
 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This is a core unit



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

LMTGN2003B Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry

Elements:

1. Identify key industry representatives

 

2. Identify relevant legislation and guidelines

 

3. Identify production processes and supply chains
 

 

4. Describe workplace processes

 

5. Learn skills for productive work
 

 

6. Manage own work

 


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.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course and will include project work.