Course Title: Identify fabric performance and handling requirements

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5202

Course Title: Identify fabric performance and handling requirements

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 40.0

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.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

MANU5373C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

350T Fashion & Textiles

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term2 2008,
Term1 2009

Course Contact: Mandy Penton

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259202

Course Contact Email: mandy.penton@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to identify fabric performance and handling requirements.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

LMTCL2003A Identify fibres and fabrics



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

LMTCL3001A Identify fabric performance and handling requirements

Elements:

1. Identify fibres and fabrics

2. Identify fabric performance characteristics

3. Identify fabric handling requirements

4. Identify cleaning and labelling requirements


Learning Outcomes

The unit applies to fabrics used to produce garments and accessories and includes skills and knowledge required to guide the use and handling of fabrics. It includes sourcing information from reference material and industry specialists as well as conducting simple tests to identify fabric types and properties. Identification methods and tests covered by this unit are those where the procedure has already been determined and the range of outcomes established.


Overview of Assessment

Tasks that have not be authenticated in class as the student’s own work will not be considered for assessment. Regular attendance is necessary. Assessment 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.
You will be given further information about the assessment tasks in class.