Garment Industry Productivity Center - Cambodia

For Garment Factory and Small/Medium Apparel Manufacturers

Duration: 40 hours theory and manual practice and 40 hours using CAD system

Requirements:

• Ability to use an industrial sewing machine  and assemble a basic garment
• Good mathematics skills
• Spoken English and written English would be helpful, but a Khmer translator will be provided

• People who want to have a better understanding of patterns - how they are made, how a pattern works and how to interpret them.
• People who work with patterns such as computer marker makers and graders, high level sample machinists and designers.

Objectives:

• Introduce flat patternmaking principles - dart manipulation, added fullness and contouring
• Teach the basics of creating a production pattern
• Teach fit analysis - balancing and truing, identifying fit and pattern problems
• Demonstrate  the process of taking the design and creating a pattern on CAD system

During the course participants will:

• Create a bodice, skirt and sleeve block
• Learn to manipulate darts for styling and creating style lines
• Learn to develop collars, skirts and sleeves
• Create a finished production pattern
• Learn principles of fit analysis
• Learn garment finishes
• Create a pattern from a finished garment

Competencies

Those completing the course will receive a certificate confirming they have produced a pattern (including supporting draft, specification sheet and toile), and learned to transfer to a computerized pattern-making system and use the system to manipulate the design.