Fashion closer

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Closer fashion are experts in the obtained in the collection- and mass production work in the Nähabteilungen pattern and processing the apparel industry. In the parts production department, they sew pockets, collars, sleeves and assemble prefabricated individual parts.

Overview of tasks and activities

Fashion sewers work in the industrial production of clothing and textiles of all kinds. They work in the production areas of cutting, sewing, ironing and goods inspection, mostly specializing in a department, a certain production stage or certain products.

Her area of ​​expertise extends to the work involved in the collection and series production. Since the clothing and textile industry is organized according to the division of labor, fashion sewers usually work very specialized and in certain areas of activity, on special machines . The tasks and activities described below are therefore usually not carried out by one fashion sewer one after the other, but by several skilled workers.

They assemble prefabricated parts for finished clothing in the areas of women's, men's and children's outerwear, tricot and corsetry. Depending on the division of labor, fashion sewers take on preparatory tasks such as laying textile strips, attaching cutting templates to the fabric strips and simple cutting work. They do qualified sewing work with the help of special sewing machines, for example to close the connecting seams, to sew in sleeves and lining, to attach and sew on waistbands, cuffs, pockets and collars.

Between the individual work steps, they smooth and shape the textiles using heat, steam and pressure. Even the wait and adjustment of the special equipment and accessories used part of their remit.

One of their areas of activity is incoming inspection . The supplied materials such as fabrics, threads and accessories (e.g. buttons and trimmings) check the quality of fashion sewers for the quantities and dimensions ordered. Depending on the range, they arrange the goods in the warehouse and compile commissions on request - materials, accessories, but also auxiliary materials such as needles, scissors or tape measure. Your colleagues in the cutting department create markers according to specifications. The aim is to place pattern pieces on the fabric in such a way that the waste within the pattern is as little as possible. The traditional method is the manual arrangement of the cutting templates directly on the fabric or on special cutting pattern paper. The templates are then redrawn with chalk or other marking media or pinned to the fabric. Thanks to modern manufacturing processes, the marker can now be created by EDP - the computer program calculates the marker with the highest degree of utilization and places the pattern pieces automatically. The layplan is saved and can be printed out on a 1: 1 scale using the plotter (a computer-controlled drawing machine). The operation of the plotter and the knowledge of the associated software are also among the demanding tasks of the fashion tailor today.

The next step is layering: the fashion sewers roll the fabrics onto the laying table with the help of a laying machine, whereby the machine ensures that several layers are precisely positioned on top of each other. The lengths of fabric are cut to the required length by means of a cutting device at the end of the layer. The cut pattern is applied to the top layer. Using band knife machines or computer-controlled cutting machines, fashion sewers cut the fabrics according to the pattern. Precise work is of the utmost importance here: The automatic cutting machines must be supplied with the correct information so that they can, for example, actually cut the cut pieces to the correct size. The expensive fabrics have to lie perfectly and tightly on top of one another so that precise cutting, even of very high layers of fabric, is guaranteed. After checking the execution of the pattern, the pattern pieces are numbered, labeled and sorted for the sewing shop - provided that this is not done in the set-up shop. B. also sorts ingredients and provides the labels with information such as serial number, size number and other operational data.

In sewing, good finger dexterity and technical understanding are still important. Sewing machines and automats must be adjusted and checked prior to the sewing process, including with regard to thread tension, stitch length and fabric feed.

In the parts production, pockets, collars, sleeves and prefabricated individual parts are then sewn together. Using special machines, closures and panels are incorporated, borders, tips and applications are attached.

Before and between the individual sewing operations, the textiles are smoothed and shaped in the ironing machine . Finally, the finished garments are ironed into shape again. The temperature, steam, treatment time and pressure must be set, monitored and regulated. More fashionable in quality control check compliance with production dimensions, quality, processing and labeling regulations in the individual production stages. They identify and complain about quality defects and check and record data in accordance with the operational data collection.

Training

With a two-year training period, fashion closer is the first level of the three-year training in the clothing industry. A successfully completed training can be continued in the third year of training as a fashion tailor .

In 2013 and 2014, the future qualification requirements of the industry were examined in a preliminary project under the direction of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training . As a result, both professions, fashion sewing and tailoring, are to be modernized.

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Individual evidence

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