Pattern maker, draperies or upholstery

Garment and related pattern-makers and cutters make patterns for garments and other textile and leather articles. They mark, cut, shape and trim textiles, leather and other materials according to patterns or specifications in the manufacture of garments, hats, gloves and other articles.

• making patterns in all sizes using drawings, drafting and measuring instruments and/or computers;
• preparing drawings or templates for specific designs with the aid of computers;
• calculating quantities of materials according to pattern sizes and fabric stretch;
• drawing sketches of details, marking the positions of seams, pleats, pockets, buttonholes and decorative stitching on garments and footwear using computers or drafting instruments;
• laying out templates or patterns to determine cutting points or to achieve maximum use of fabric;
• placing templates on fabrics and cutting out samples;
• making and fitting finished garment samples;
• placing patterns on layers of fabric and cutting using electric or hand knives, scissors or numerically controlled cutting devices;
• cutting fabric or leather to make parts for garments or leather goods;
• cleaning finished articles of excess fabric or threads;
• laying out hides on cutting tables to achieve maximum use of material according to the direction of the grain, presence of defects and stretch of the hides;
• making templates and marking and cutting out samples in the manufacture of other textile articles such as curtains, covers, awnings and canopies.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Pattern maker, leather goods
• Pattern maker, drapery or upholstery
• Pattern maker, umbrellas
• Cutter, textiles
• Cutter, leather