Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design & Technology

Campus:   Kangan Institute, Richmond campus. Wednesday afternoons.

Assessment:  Not scored

Code:  VEAF

Aims

Provide students with the knowledge and skills to achieve competencies that will enhance employment prospects in the clothing or clothing related industries.

Provide students with the knowledge and skills that will enhance tertiary selection in clothing and related courses.

Enable students to gain a recognised credential and make a more informed choice of vocational and career paths.

Units 1 & 2 

Follow defined OHS policies and procedures

Apply quality standards

Use a sewing machine

Design and produce a simple garment

Identify design process for fashion designs

Sew components

Modify patterns to create basic styles

Draw and interpret a basic sketch

Operate computing technology in a textiles, clothing and footwear workplace, or

Work in the textiles, clothing and footwear industry

Units 3 & 4

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Identify fabric performance and handling requirements

Prepare and produce sewn garment

Prepare design concept for a simple garment

Identify fabrics and fibres

Develop patterns from a block using basic patternmaking principles

Draw a trade drawing for fashion design

Organise and plan own work to achieve planned outcomes

Interpret patterns and apply pattern information

Assist in preparation of preliminary design concepts

Kangan Institute Information 

https://www.kangan.edu.au/2022-course-guides/vetdsss-v2/index.html

Assessment

This program is not a scored study. Students who successfully complete the Unit 3 & 4 sequence will receive one ATAR increment which is calculated as 10 per cent of the fourth study score of the primary four Unit 3 and Unit 4 VCE studies.

Costs

It is anticipated the course costs for 2023 will be $850. Costs will be confirmed in October 2022 and an invoice sent to parents/guardians in November. Fees need to be paid in full prior to the end of the current school year in order to secure a place.