Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: EMPL5588C
Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C4238 - Certificate IV in Custom made Footwear
Course Contact: Tallal Khan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259118
Course Contact Email: tallal.khan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Footwear CAD
Janette Wotherspoon
janette.wotherspoon@rmit.edu.au
Footwear drawing and design
Jenny Pojia
jenny.pojia@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
None
Course Description
This unit covers the skills and knowledge to identify key production processes within a textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) sector, in this case the Footwear industry.
You will have the opportunity to work cooperatively with others on problem solving, enterprise and initiatives and challenges in productive work. You will develop communication skills through teamwork. Self management is required to ensure skills are developed to the necessary work standard.
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 |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant TCFsectors are identified. |
Element: |
2. Identify relevant legislation and guidelines |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Relevant legislation and guidelines common to employment within TCF sector are identified. |
Element: |
3. Identify production processes and supply chains |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Workplace materials are identified. |
Element: |
4. Describe workplace processes |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace practices are identified. |
Element: |
5. Learn skills for productive work |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Required skills for current work role are identified. |
Element: |
6. Manage own work |
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 required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
This course has been divided into two distinct learning areas that cover all the learning outcomes required for working in a footwear company. The aim of the course is to provide you with the skills required to work in the footwear industry in relation to communicating design ideas and technical information, i.e. specifications. Footwear drawing and design component is delivered manually in the footwear workroom. The Computer-aided (CAD) learning in the course is delivered in a Computer laboratory and covers the development and distribution of the technical information currently used in the footwear industry. You need to be deemed competent in both learning areas to pass this course.
Teaching Schedule
Footwear CAD
This class has been designed to be self directed. with workshop every second week and practice and application on alternative week.
Week 1-2
Introduction to full year program
Introduction to assignments
Existing Skills Audit
Student expectations
Saving and storing files
File formats
The network
Blackboard
Software to Learn
• Adobe illustrator
• Adobe photoshop
• Adobe in design
• Adobe acrobat
• Microsoft excel
• Blackboard
Week 3 - 5
Introduction to Illustrator
Drawing shoes
• Basic program functions
• Adding colour
• Changing colour
• Using drawing tools
• Using the pen tool
• What is a technical drawing
• Creating basic shoe technical drawing of a ladies court shoe
• Adding technical detailing
• Making stitch lines
Week 6 - 9
Creating brush patterns
• Using brush libraries
• Creating brush patterns
• Creating a brush pattern library
Brush pattern libraries
Week 10
Pathfinder suite
Using pathfinder suite for technical drawing
Week 11 - 12
Drawing shoes
Creating front view
Creating back view
Creating side view
Week 13-14
Introduction to specification sheets
Creating the industry requirements for a shoe manufacturing specification sheet
Week 15-16
Adding colour and texture to shoe drawings
Adding leather and fabric finishes to shoes
Students are to Design and finalise their own personal specification sheet.
Footwear drawing and design
Week 1
Introduction to industry drawings
Equipment required and use of
OH&S and good work station set-up
What is the difference between a technical drawing (specification), a rough drawing and an Illustration?
Week 2
Draw and discuss shoe silhouettes and detail variations. Considering the constraints of the brief, make clear rough sketches developing 3 design concepts and 4 variations of each concept. Use a consistent scale and clear pen or pencil sketches for peer commentIntroduce Elements and principles of design
Discuss course and assessment requirements and introduce Trends Report. Assignment 1 discussed
Week 3 - 5
Industry specification drawing
Industry drawing and technical specification work sheets
Introduction to design specification work sheet, different views etc
Week 6 - 9
Introduce fashion trends research resources at the library; discuss analysis of trend for fashion trends reports.
Develop partnerships for Assignment.
Research and design development
Week 10 - 12
Student groups (client/designer) to discuss and analyse development of footwear designs and requirements established
Colour-up your designs using gouache, mixed media or markers.
Presentation skills – preparing a range board
Finalising of design specification design sheets
Week 13
Finalise initial footwear designs and present for assessment
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester and will consist of both theory and practical based exercises, predominantly in class but some out of class research and information formatting is required as well. Feedback will be provided throughout the semester on all assessment tasks.
All assessment tasks must be completed before competency can be achieved. Tasks that have not be authenticated in class as the student’s own work will not be considered for assessment. Regular attendance is encouraged.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online: http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment
Assessment Tasks
Footwear CAD
Electronic folio of drawings and information created as part of class exercises
Specification Sheet
Footwear drawing and design
folio of drawings & Final Trends Report
Assessment Matrix
Trends Report |
Specification Sheet |
Electronic folio of drawings and information created as part of class exercises |
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1. Identify key industry representatives | X | X | X |
2. Identify relevant legislation and guidelines | X | X | |
3. Identify production processes and supply chains | X | X | X |
4. Describe workplace processes | X | ||
5. Learn skills for productive work | X | X | X |
6. Manage own work | X | X | X |
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