LMI - Detailed description

Job titles

canvas goods maker
canvas goods pattern designer and patternmaker
canvas layer-out - textile products
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Patternmakers in this unit group create master patterns for the production of garments, footwear and other textile, leather or fur products. They are employed by pattern manufacturers, textile, leather or fur products manufacturers or they may be self-employed.

Fields of interest

Making or building things, constructing, doing repairs, and performing installations
Writing, working in communications and information

Main duties

Patternmakers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Examine sketches, samples of articles and specifications of designs to determine number, size and shape of pattern parts and assess the amount of cloth required to make product
- Draw, lay out and cut master pattern of product
- Outline parts of pattern on paper and mark pattern to indicate details such as placement of pockets and pleats on garments, decorative stitching on shoe parts or eyelets on canvas products
- Create pattern size variations from master pattern using computer or drafting instruments, or forward pattern to computer operator to create pattern size variations
- Lay out master pattern on fabric and cut sample pattern
- Mark size, identification, style and sewing instructions on sample patterns.

Main characteristics of the occupation

These headings are provided for the following occupation(s) :

Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products (5245)

Employment requirements

* Completion of secondary school is required.
* College courses in design and patternmaking orOne to two years of on-the-job training are required.
* Courses in computer-assisted patternmaking may be required.