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Short courses provided by MCAST include:
• Flat pattern drafting (MQF Level 4)
• Tailoring – Beginners
• Tailoring – Intermediate
• Tailoring – Advanced
For further details on specific entry requirements, it is advisable to consult the respective educational institution’s website.
Qualifications awarded by foreign bodies need to be recognised or pegged with a particular MQF Level by the MQRIC office within NCFHE.
For related training offered by other educational institutions, it is advisable to consult the list of accredited courses on the NCFHE website.
Knowledge and skills
Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Hatters are expected to have:
• Hand sewing skills
• The ability to use a sewing machine and
other required tools and machinery
• Knowledge of fabrics and different materials
• Good eyesight and normal colour vision to
match threads to fabrics
• Pattern making and cutting skills
• Clothing and hat design skills
• Budgeting and financial skills (in case of
self-employment)
Transferable skills should include:
• Communication skills in Maltese and/or English
• Numeracy skills
• Customer care skills
• Organisational and planning skills
• Problem solving and decision making skills • Time management skills and the ability to
work under pressure and adhere to tight
deadlines
• The ability to work independently
Additional qualities
These may include:
• A sense of initiative
• Accuracy
• An interest in fashion • Arm-hand steadiness • Attention to detail
• Creativity
• Manual dexterity
• Patience
Related career opportunities
• Fashion Designer
• Garment and Related Pattern Maker and
Cutter
• Sewing, Embroidery and Related Worker
• Sewing Machine Operator
• Upholsterer and Related Worker
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