TAILOR, DRESSMAKER AND CUSTOM SEWER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.

  2) Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.

• 1) Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.
• 2) Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• 3) Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• 4) Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• 5) Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
• 6) Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
• 7) Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers’ and clothing manufacturers’ specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.
• 8) Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• 9) Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• 10) Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• 11) Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
• 12) Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• 13) Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
• 14) Put in padding and shaping materials.
• 15) Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• 16) Sew buttonholes and attach buttons in order to finish garments.
• 17) Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• 18) Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• 19) Trim excess material, using scissors.
• 20) Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
• 21) Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• 22) Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.

Activities:

• 1) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 4) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 5) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 6) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• 7) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• 8) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 9) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 10) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 11) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 12) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• 13) Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
• 14) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 15) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• 16) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Abilities:

• 1) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 2) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 3) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 4) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 5) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 6) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 7) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• 8) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 9) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Knowledge:

• 1) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• 2) Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• 3) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• 4) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• 5) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.