Subjects
To be awarded the MST40116 Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development, competency must be achieved in twenty-five (25) units of competency: six (6) core units of competency nineteen (19) elective units of competency. Note: Where prerequisite units are identified they must be counted in the total number of units required for achievement of the qualification. | |||
Core units of competency Select six (6) units of competency from the following list, as specified. | |||
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | |||
Work safely | |||
Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industry | |||
Identify quality and types of textile fibres, yarns and fabrics | |||
Apply quality standards | |||
Select one (1) from these units | |||
Supervise operations in a TCF enterprise | |||
Analyse textile design influences | |||
Elective units of competency Select nineteen (19) units as specified below. A minimum of five (5) units must be selected from Group A The remaining fourteen (14) units may be selected from: units not previously selected from Group A units from Group B a maximum of five (5) relevant units from this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses, where those units are available at Certificate III, Certificate IV or Diploma level. Units selected from other Training Packages and accredited courses must be relevant to the qualification outcome and not duplicate units available within this qualification. | |||
Group A | |||
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | |
Communicate and sell design concepts | |||
Participate in product engineering | |||
Analyse TCF merchandising and marketing principles | |||
Plan and implement production within a work area | |||
Apply TCF market supply systems | |||
Contribute to the development of products or processes | |||
Design production tooling | |||
Manage technical processes | |||
Produce knitted textile samples | |||
Prepare stencils and screens for textile printing | |||
Produce woven textile samples | |||
Produce woven tapestry samples | |||
Produce screen printed textiles | |||
Source textile materials and resources | |||
Present and promote textile design concepts | |||
Assist in the development of textile designs | |||
Apply manipulation techniques to create experimental textile samples | |||
Estimate costs for development of textile designs | |||
Analyse use of colour in textiles | |||
Interpret and apply textile calculations and specifications | |||
Understand and apply textile science | |||
Perform routine textile tests and analyse results | |||
Select dyes and develop dye specification and recipe for production | |||
Undertake textile colouration and finishing | |||
Group B | |||
Unit code | Unit title | Prerequisites | |
Produce drawings to communicate ideas | |||
Develop drawing skills | |||
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices | |||
Organise and plan own work in a home-based production environment | |||
Work in the TCF industry | |||
Operate computing technology in a TCF workplace | |||
Work safely with chemicals in TCF operations | |||
Organise and plan own work to achieve planned outcomes | |||
Estimate and cost job | |||
Produce computer-aided textile design folios | |||
Perform knitting operations | |||
Operate a machine for complex production operations | |||
Set up, adjust and maintain industrial sewing machines | |||
Set up, adjust and monitor a machine for TCF production | |||
Perform engineering measurements | |||
Perform computations | |||
Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials | |||
Plan to undertake a routine task | |||
Plan a complete activity | |||
Assist in the provision of on the job training | |||
Minimise environmental impact of process |