tailor

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Tasks

• Make made-to-measure garments according to customer and manufacturing specifications
• Fit, alter and repair garments as required
• Lay out, cut, sew and press materials to make hats
• Make, alter or re-style fur garments and accessories
• Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
• Select and modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
• Design patterns to fit measurements
• Mark, cut and sew fabric

Area of work experience

• Alterations
• Designing
• Dressmaking
• Repair
• Restyling
• Tailoring

Area of specialization

• Furrier
• Seamstress
• Milliner
• Tailor

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 hours per week