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CREATIVE SCHOOL
FASHION
Dressmaking
Build your future the INTEC way
Dressmaking
Learn how to Design & Sew
INTEC will show you how easy it is to sew for
yourself and your family. Learning at home,
in your own time, at your own pace.
INTEC’s secret is simplicity – a carefully
designed step-by-step approach.
Easy-to-follow study
material
Our study material leads you
from one stage to the next.
Each study guide is fully
illustrated, concise and clear.
You may be able to start
making things almost at once.
Programme Types offered at INTEC College
NQF
National Qualifications are credit-bearing qualifications registered
on the NQF (National Qualifications Framework) and accredited by
a Quality Assurance Body, such as a SETA (Sector Education and
Training Authority). A skills programme is an accredited component of
a national qualification.
Agent Programmes are programmes for which INTEC offers tuition,
Agent
Programme but where INTEC does not issue the final certificate. The Agent body
issues the final certificate and manages the final examinations.
INTEC Programmes are INTEC’s own programmes that are not
INTEC
Programme linked to the NQF and are not credit-bearing. However, they are in
high demand and carry the approval of the INTEC Academic Board.
INTEC Programmes fall into FIVE categories:
Career • INTEC Career Programmes are INTEC’s own programmes that
Programme are designed to teach you the skills and knowledge to succeed
in a particular career.
Career • INTEC Career Booster courses are continuous professional
Booster development (CPD) short courses that help you add to your current
professional knowledge in a particular field, and hence boost your
abilities within your career.
• INTEC Career Starter courses are short courses that introduce
Career
Star ter you to a particular field or career; and that offer you the opportunity
to explore an interest or a skills set without having to enrol on a full
programme.
• INTEC Job Creator courses are designed to refine your skills in
Job
Creator a particular field of interest; to teach you how to make a living from
a particular skill, interest or hobby, and to help you start your own
business.
• INTEC Self-Enrichment courses are offered for self-enrichment
Self
Enrichment purposes. They will add value to your experience of life in a
particular chosen field of interest.
INTEC Dressmaking
Professional Certificate
Job
Creator
Potential Career Opportunities
The Dressmaking Course
• save money by sewing for yourself and your family;
• experience a satisfying and creative hobby;
• set up a business in sewing garments, altering or
mending shop-bought garments, making
school uniforms, providing a fabriccutting or pattern alteration service;
• create original garments for
fleamarkets or the local tourist trade.
Programme Type
The INTEC Dressmaking
Professional Certificate is part of
the INTEC Job Creator Series. The
INTEC Dressmaking Professional
Certificate is an INTEC Certificate.
This programme is approved by the INTEC
Academic Board.*
Entrance Requirements
Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent, or relevant work experience
and access to a sewing machine.
Course Duration
You should be able to complete this course within
24 months.
Course Content
• Introduction to Sewing
• Basic Dressmaking Processes
• Decorative Features
All types of openings, etc.
• Fibres and Fabrics
• Advanced Dressmaking Techniques
Corners, points, overlaid seams, interfacing, lining, coats
and jackets, etc.
* This programme does not lead to a qualification on the NQF.
• Alterations and Fitting
• Pattern Alterations
• Special Garments
Maternity wear, children’s wear, nightwear and underwear,
seams and finishes for fine fabrics and lace application.
• Drafting Patterns from Basic Patterns
• Designing by Draping
Start Your Own Small Business
All INTEC Job Creator programmes include a subject called
How to Start A Small Business. This subject will explain the
basic concepts of the following:
• Entrepreneurship
• Needs analysis (market research)
• Business operations
• Management systems
• Personal resources
• Nature of marketing
Assessment
All required assignments must be completed and sent to the
College for marking. All assignments must be successfully
passed in order to obtain the award.
Award
On successful completion of this course, you will receive your
INTEC Dressmaking Professional Certificate.
FREE Kit Item
*INTEC College reserves the
right to change the kit items
without prior notice.
CERTIFICATE:
Dressmaking
Qualification: CertD (INTEC) NQF 4
SAQA ID: 14676
NQF Level 4
Credits: 120
Description
The Certificate: Dressmaking supports the knowledge
and skills relevant to the handling of sewing tools and
equipment, fabric knowledge, garment construction
and draping, as well as pattern design and adjustment.
The programme thus enables the gaining of sewing
skills both as a personal hobby or occupation within the
clothing manufacturing or fashion environment.
Admission Requirements
Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent or 2 years verifiable and
relevant working experience
Duration
You should be able to complete this course within 18
months.
Certification
On successful completion of this course, you will
receive a Certificate: Dressmaking.
Career Opportunities
This qualification will enable you to pursue a career in:
• Dressmaking
• Alterations
Pattern Cutting & Design
Explore the many opportunities your new skills make possible
Imagine how wonderful it would be to
create beautiful clothes for yourself,
your family and friends at a ­fraction
of the cost of buying factoryproduced ones. Perhaps your
ambition is to make clothes
that only exist as an idea
or a sketch – your own
­original design for a
magnificent evening
gown or eye-catching
streetwear?
With the skills and
expertise you’ll
learn from INTEC’s
­comprehensive, highly
detailed courses, you
could be well on your
way to achieving your
goals. A small business
opportunity could await
those who are eager to make
it happen. Start on the road of
opportunity today and make your
skills and creativity work for you!
INTEC Pattern Cutting & Design
Job
Professional Certificate Creator
Career Opportunities
The Pattern Cutting Course
• d
esign exclusive garments for yourself or your clients;
• m
ake a pattern from a sketch or photograph;
• s ave money - commercial patterns are expensive;
• s et up a business in pattern-making;
• a
portfolio of designs could lead to employment in the
clothing industry.
Programme Type
The INTEC Pattern Cutting & Design
Professional Certificate is part of the
INTEC Job Creator Series. The
INTEC Pattern Cutting & Design
Professional Certificate is
an INTEC Certificate. This
programme is approved by the
INTEC Academic Board.*
Entrance Requirements
Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent,
or relevant work experience and
access to a sewing machine.
Course Duration
You should be able to complete this course
within 24 months.
Course Content
• T
he Essentials of Design and Pattern Cutting
Figure measurements and drafting the block pattern, hints
on cutting and ­making patterns, a glossary of trade terms,
diagrams and illustrations of trade procedures.
• Skirt Designing
How to make the basic skirt block: the flared skirt, the
straight skirt.
• Bodice Designing
The making of a bodice block: manipulating bodice darts,
neckline styling.
• Sleeve Designing
• Collar Designing
• Adapting and Drafting Patterns
Adapting the latest trends. Drafting coat and jacket
* This programme does not lead to a qualification on the NQF.
patterns, drafting and cutting slacks, shorts and
trousers, drafting of close-fitting styles for evening and
beach wear.
Notes on retail and wholesale cutting of plaids, checks
and napped materials and on lays, markers,etc.
Start Your Own Small Business
All INTEC Job Creator programmes include a subject
called How to Start A Small Business. This subject will
explain the basic concepts of the following:
• Entrepreneurship
• Needs analysis (market research)
• Business operations
• Management systems
• Personal resources
• Nature of marketing
Assessment
All required assignments must be completed and sent
to the College for marking. All assignments must be
successfully passed in order to obtain the award.
Award
On successful completion of this course, you will receive
your INTEC Pattern Cutting and Design Professional
Certificate.
Combine Your Studies
Save up to 20% when you enrol by • Combine Dressmaking and Pattern Cutting or;
•
Add Fashion Merchandising or Fashion Drawing to
either Dressmaking or Pattern Cutting
FREE Kit Items
*INTEC College reserves the right to change the kit items without prior notice.
CERTIFICATE:
Pattern Cutting and Design
CERTIFICATE:
Certificate: Fashionmaking
Qualification: FETCInD (INTEC) NQF 4
SAQA ID: 21028
NQF Level 4
Credits: 120
Qualification: CertFM (INTEC) NQF 4
SAQA ID: 21026
NQF Level 4
Credits: 120
Description
Description
The Certificate: Pattern Cutting and Design enables
relevant skills and competencies associated with the
ability to adapt clothing trends and use trade terms,
diagrams and illustrations related to the sewing trade.
It will also teach students about figure measurements,
fabric cutting, garment construction, pattern making
and design. The programme thus enables the
gaining of sewing skills either as a personal hobby or
occupation within the clothing manufacturing or fashion
environment.
Admission Requirements
Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent or 2 years verifiable and relevant working experience
Duration
You should be able to complete this course within 18
months.
Certification
On successful completion of this course, you will receive
a Certificate: Pattern Cutting and Design.
Career Opportunities
This qualification will enable you to pursue a career in:
• Pattern Design and Construction
• Pattern Alterations
The Certificate: Fashionmaking provides the relevant
knowledge and practical skills to support entry-level
positions in the fashion design environment. Skills and
competencies supported by the programme include,
amongst others, the ability to buy and look after tools,
equipment and sewing machines, understanding the
terminology used in fashion design and sewing, choose
suitable fabrics for specific garments, cut, mark and sew
fabrics, construct, fit and alter garments and adapt basic
patterns to create fashion garments. The qualification
supports access into further studies in this field.
Admission Requirements
Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent or 2 years verifiable and
relevant working experience
Duration
You should be able to complete this course within 18
months.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the course, you will
receive a Certificate: Fashionmaking.
Career Opportunities
This qualification will enable you to pursue a career in/
as a:
• Fashion Design and Garment Construction
• Patternmaker
Grade 10 (Std. 8)
INTEC Dressmaking
Professional Certificate
Certificate: Pattern
Cutting & Design
(NQF 4)
Grade 10 (Std. 8)
Grade 10 (Std. 8)
Grade 10 (Std. 8)
INTEC Computerised
Fashion Drawing & Portfolio
Presentation Professional
Certificate
Certificate: Fashionmaking
(NQF 4)
INTEC Fashion Drawing
& Portfolio Presentation
Professional Certificate
Certificate: Dressmaking
(NQF 4)
Diploma: Dressmaking &
Pattern Cutting
(NQF 6)
INTEC Pattern Cutting and
Design Professional
Certificate
Articulation Mind Map
Notes
From the Principal’s desk
Take your next step now!
Follow through on your decision to enhance
your life and your future prospects by
enrolling in one of INTEC’s Dressmaking,
Pattern Cutting & Design courses today!
Why study with us?
• Quality study material designed specifically for home study.
• The freedom to study at YOUR pace, where and when it suits YOU.
• The widest range of courses for today’s world.
• Free consultations with INTEC’s career counselling and
development specialists.
• Free study choice advice from INTEC’s Student Consultants.
• The convenience of online enrolment, contact and advice.
• Affordable, easy payment options.
• Ongoing study support and attention from qualified tutors.
Umalusi Accreditation
INTEC College (Pty) Ltd has been awarded provisional accreditation by Umalusi.
Umalusi is the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education
and Training in South Africa - see www.umalusi.org.za
Umalusi Provisional Accreditation No: FET 00037 PA.
DHET Registration
INTEC College (Pty) Ltd has been granted provisional registration by the
Department of Higher Education and Training as a private FET College,
until 31 December 2014. Provisional registration No. 2008/FE07/025 - see www.
dhet.gov.za. For further information please refer to our website: www.intec.edu.za
INTEC College (Pty) Ltd is committed to meeting legislative requirements
regarding accreditation and registration of private education and training
providers in South Africa.
Wishing you every success in your studies and your future!
Phillip Slatter
INTEC College Principal
go to: www.intec.edu.za or email: [email protected]
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