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: C6082 - Advanced Diploma of Textile Design and Development
Course Contact : Julia Raath
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259201
Course Contact Email:Julia.Raath@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
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
This is a core unit
Course Description
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.
It will also include identification of applicable legislation, guidelines and workplace practices for the relevant sector.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTGN2003B Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry |
Element: |
Describe workplace processes |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant TCFsectors are identified. |
Element: |
Identify key industry representatives |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Relevant legislation and guidelines common to employment within TCF sector are identified. |
Element: |
Identify production processes and supply chains |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Workplace materials are identified. |
Element: |
Identify relevant legislation and guidelines |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace practices are identified. |
Element: |
Learn skills for productive work |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Required skills for current work role are identified. |
Element: |
Manage own work |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Responsibility is taken for own work tasks and role. |
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrates skills to:
• identify key industry and workplace processes and representatives
• access information as required
• question and make inquiries
• read, interpret and follow information on work specifications, standard operating procedures and work instructions, and other reference material
• maintain accurate records
• communicate within the workplace
• sequence operations
• meet specifications
• clarify and check task-related information
• carry out work according to OHS practices
Required knowledge
Demonstrates knowledge of:
• key industry and workplace processes and representatives
• applicable legislation
• industry terminology and acronyms
• quality standards and practices
• OHS practices, including hazard identification and control measures
• workplace practices
• recording and reporting practices
Details of Learning Activities
Will include lectures, tutorials, on-line activities, workshops where students are challenged to reflect and debate on different value positions, concepts and issues.
You will be required to participate in case study learning, problem solving activities, self-reflection and discussion.
Activities will encourage both individual and group based learning responsibilities
You will be required to attend off campus industry visits and to guest speakers from varied TCF industries
Teaching Schedule
Week 1:
Introduction to Term 1’s objectives.
Assessment overview & discussion – Tasks 1 & 2
Warm-up exercise: Effective personal time management considerations
SMART goals/objectives discussed – personal level leads to management level
7 Habits of effective people.
Assess Task 1 issued: Individual activity - questions & answers Quizzes x 3 on 3 excursions
Week 2:
Guest Speaker: Lyndon Medina. Topic: If my timing is right.
Discussion: Teams and motivation - What is a team? - Stages of team development - What are motivators? - What motivates me? Give example – what teams are needed. Group vs team. Industry relies on team
What is Communication - Perceptions, Barriers, Workplace communication, Learning styles, Working styles
Discussion: Gantt charts for Project & production time management come up with a Gantt chart for managing time for project production chart/weekly planner
Week 3:
Overview of the TCF industry – websites of major players.
TFIA team player
What do you think about industry now? Where do you see yourself within that?
Brainstorm what makes up the TCF industry. Students elect speaker.
Student activity in small groups – research local, national, international small, medium, large textile manufacturers. Report back to class.
Field trip: RMIT Footwear Dept & Clothing Production Dept -
Week 4:
Field trip: Quiz activity x 1
Geccu Knitting Australia
Business Type: Knitted Clothing Manufacturers
Meet: 257 Lygon St Brunswick Time: 02:00 pm
Week 5:
Submit Gantt charts/time management charts
Review - field trip. Management concepts. What is Management? What are the main functions of management?
What do managers/supervisors do? (week 3 DVD basic ‘what is management’)
Week 6:
Labour Day Public Holiday -
Week 7:
Supply chains discussed.
DVD: Behind the Labels – Garment Workers on US Saipan.
Discussion: what is our ethical responsibility?
Week 8:
TCF industry representative as Guest Speaker: . Guest speaker from small business model
Assessment Task 2 & 3 issued & discussed: Team reports
Week 9:
Field trip: Quiz activity x 2
Flockmaster & Grashan Australia Pty Ltd
Business Type: Clothing & Fashion-wear Printing & Transfer Services
Meet: 108 Regent St Preston Time: 02:00 pm
Easter Monday Public Holiday - 09.04.2012
Week 10:
TCF industry representative as Guest Speaker: TBA Jo Kellock from TFIA
Topic: Learning skills for productive work
Review - field trip 2 & quiz.
Class study group
Week 11:
PROFAB: dying methods
Week 12:
Review field trip to Profab
Written & Discussion Topic: Production and Ethics in the international TCF Industry
Written & Discussion Topic: Individual Differences, Values and interests, Group dynamics, Group cohesion
Course and assessment review. Overview of remaining sessions
Week 13:
Field trip: Quiz activity x 3
BAEKART (WARWICK)
Business Type: Woven textiles –Dandenong meet 2.45 pm
Week 14:
Viewing of DVD: Counter Culture. Manufacturing & retailing luxury items in Italy
Task 1 submitted for assessment. Quizzes x 3 on 3 excursions. The way and where you sell your product – how it’s sold – go to market on weekend own time
Group learning activity – preparation & completion of assessment tasks in Library.
Week 15: Field trip: Galleria Tessuti - Fabrics & Fibres – Nicole cleaver
Business Type: Importing internationally, Wholesaling & Retailing, nationally
Meet: 8 Cubitt St Richmond Time: 02:30 pm
Week 16
Class study group in Library. Class to engage in team learning activities – preparation & completion of assessment tasks.
week 17
Submit final assessment tasks
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Work-Safe Victoria’s 2000 Code of Practice for Manual Handling |
References
No prescribed references |
Other Resources
Standard writing kit, notepad, presentation booklets, U.S.B. 4 gigabytes minimum
Own transport to and from excursion sites - refer to weekly planner.
Overview of Assessment
To achieve successful completion of this course students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency.
Assessment tasks have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner.
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.
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher.
All work must be submitted by the due date.
Late submissions will not be graded higher than a PASS.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment tasks
1. Individual Gantt chart/ time management chart for semester (20%)
2. Group report outlining 3 industries in TCF (20%)
3. Individual Quiz from 3 x 3 excursions (30%)
4. Group report:
• Work place incident report (30%)
Or
• work place sequence of operation report (30%)
total 100%
Assessment Matrix
Element 1: identify key industry representatives | group report 4 |
Element 2. Identify relevant legislation and guidelines | group report 4 individual quizz 3 |
Element 3. Identify production processes and supply chains | group report 4 group report 2 individual quizz 3 |
Element 4. Describe workplace processes |
group report 4 group report 2 individual quizz 3 |
Element 5. Learn skills for productive work | group report 4 group report 2 individual quizz 3 individual task 1 |
Element 6. Manage own work | individual task 1 |
Other Information
This course is run concurrently with Organise and Plan Own Work MANU 5919C and the assessment is inbedded in both courses Textile Design and Development promotes sustainable practice. Please consider the environment before printing
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