Course Title: Perform industrial sewing on textile products
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: GRAP5215C
Course Title: Perform industrial sewing on textile products
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C5213 - Diploma of Textile Design and Development
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
Mirta Mizza Mirta.mizza@rmit.edu.au
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
This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge required to perform industrial sewing on textile products.
The unit applies to sewing work using an industrial sewing machine. Sewing operations may be performed to repair or finish textile products using a single machine on a limited range of fabrics and textile products.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTX2012B Perform industrial sewing on textile products |
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.This course is a workshop based course. Students will undetake a number of technical exercises that enable them to perform industrial sewing.
Details of Learning Activities
This course is delivered in a simulated work environment
Demonstrates skills and knowledge to:
• check work against job specifications and workplace practices
• prepare workstation and work before commencing sewing operations
• apply sewing techniques
• apply OH&S practices in work operations
• maintain accurate records
Teaching Schedule
DATE TOPIC/EXCURSION
08/02/10 Introduction to industrial plain machines. Machine Operation
Plain machine skills exercises. OH&S
15/02/10 Plain machine skills / skills exercises
Intro to over locking machine – basic machine maintenance & operations OH&S
22/02/10 Iron/steamer operations,
Sewing samples Binding Loops
01/03/10 Sewing samples Cuff openings
08/03/10 Labour Day (Monday Group)
Small vest, Zipper techniques
15/03/10 Small vest, Zipper techniques
Cushion with piping, binding and fastenings
22/03/10 Zippers Armholes , seam variations
29/03/10 – 09/04/10 Mid Term Break
12/04/10 Commence Bag project - fabric produced in Experimental Textiles Course
19/04/10 Bag – project Selecting and modifying shapes
26/04/10 ANZAC DAY (Monday Group)
03/05/10 Bag – project – selection shapes
10/05/10 Bag – project
17/05/10 Bag – project
24/05/10 Bag – project
31/05/10 Finishing processes - Bag project.
07/06/10 Finishing processes - Bag project.
WORK DUE Marking Week
This topic outline may be subject to change.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Students will be required to bring the following equipment.
Tape measure
Dressmakers pins
Scissors - sharp good quality for fabric
Specific coloured machine thread to match project work
Quick unpick
Folder / notebook
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is ongoing throughout the course and students will be asked to demonstrate their competency. Assessment will be done by observation and by questioning by the assessor. Assessment tasks have been designed to measure competency in a flexible manner. To achieve successful completion of this course students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency.
Students will be awarded a grade only if competency has been demonstrated within the standard enrolment period on the first assessment attempt.
Units assessed as ‘not yet competent’ on a first assessment attempt and ‘competent’ on a second or subsequent attempt are to have results amended to competent but are not eligible for grading.
All work must be submitted by the due date.
Late submission will not be graded higher than a PASS.
Assessment Tasks
Details of Assessments tasks will be provided in class session
Technical folder 50 %
Completed sewing samples
Project - Bag 40%
Students will be expected to design this product in create experimental samples.
Sewing and construction must be completed tot he highest possible standard
Observational Checklists 10%
Assessment Matrix
| Technical file /samples | Observational Checklist | Project | |
| 1 Prepare work | x | x | x |
| 2 Prepare workstation | x | x | x |
| 3 Identify poor machine performance | x | x | x |
| 4 Sew textile product | x | x | x |
| 5 Complete work | x | x |
Other Information
It is an OHS requirement that students must wear flat fully covered shoes in the workshops.
NO SANDALS OR THONGS
Long hair should be tied back and Jewelley that could pose a possible hazard must be removed.
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