Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish work requirements and prepare for work
- Work health and safety (WHS) requirements, including ergonomic criteria and personal protection needs, are observed throughout the work
- Work order requirements are checked are confirmed
- Correct side of fabric, naps, direction of pattern and pattern matches are identified
- Fabric is checked for flaws
- Appropriate needle types for the fabric are selected and threaded
- Lay out work to be sewn
- Linings and interlining materials are laid out and folded ready for sewing
- Lining materials patterns are matched and secured
- Face fabric is folded bringing edges to be seamed together to check any pattern matching and to maintain an appropriate finished length
- Pattern matches are kept uniform within drops and across matching sets of blinds
- Measuring and marking out of fold or stitching lines for batten placement is even and matches the work order or workplace requirements
- Fabric is held together and, where required, supported with pins or other workplace approved methods
- Stitch seams and form corners
- Fabrics are held to allow for the personal right-hand or left-hand preference of the sewer, and manipulation requirements for the bulk and slipperiness of the materials
- Machine sewing operations are completed correctly
- Linings and interlinings are attached to the back of blind
- Finished length and width of each panel are measured and checked against work order and adjusted where required
- Batten pockets are inserted and fixed following workplace procedures
- Hems are completed using any required weights, stitch type and appropriate sewing method
- Corners are stitched and finished and threads trimmed
- Apply quality checks
- Install blinds
- Complete work