Skills Garment Repair Seamstress near Vancouver (BC)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a garment repair seamstress in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners (NOC 64200).

Tasks

  • Make made-to-measure garments according to customer and manufacturing specifications
  • Fit, alter and repair garments as required
  • Lay out, cut, sew and press materials to make hats
  • Make, alter or re-style fur garments and accessories
  • Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
  • Select and modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
  • Design patterns to fit measurements
  • Mark, cut and sew fabric

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building Help - Building
  • Restoring and Repairing
  • Constructing

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Restoring and Repairing
Replacing worn or broken parts, adjusting and testing for function, appearance, operation or safety.
Constructing
Shaping, forming and joining building materials into a structure, or product according to specifications and plans.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Advising and Consulting

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Advising and Consulting
Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
Creative Expression Help - Creative Expression
  • Designing

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Designing
Producing work based on aesthetic or functional design concepts.
Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Building and Construction
  • Design

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Building and Construction
Knowledge of materials, methods, tools and equipment involved in the construction and repair of buildings or other structures such as highways, roads, mines or products.
Design
Knowledge of principles, techniques and tools applied in the development of precision technical plans, drawings and working models.
Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
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