Dressmaker or Tailor Career and Immigration options for Australia
Dressmaker or Tailor Makes, alters and repairs women s and men s tailored garments, formal wear, couturier clothing, and special occasion wear such as suits, dresses, coats, evening wear and bridal wear.
Profile Title: Dressmaker or Tailor Career and Immigration options for Australia
Alternative Title:Not Defined
ANZSCO Code: 393213 | Unit Code: 3932
Skill Level: Level 3 | Work Experience: 1 Years
Assessing Bodies: Trades Recognition Australia (TRA)
Skill Occupation List (SOL): STSOL
Specialization: Costume Maker, Wardrobe Assistant, Wardrobe Coordinator
Profile Description: Makes, alters and repairs women s and men s tailored garments, formal wear, couturier clothing, and special occasion wear such as suits, dresses, coats, evening wear and bridal wear.
Job Duties:
- conferring with customers to determine material, styles and designs of garments
- interpreting designs, sketches and samples to determine pattern specifications
- cutting out master patterns
- laying up and cutting fabric
- pinning, basting and draping garment parts
- sewing garments
- fitting basted garments on customers and marking areas requiring alteration
- sewing buttonholes, and sewing on buttons, hooks, eyes and press fasteners to finish garments
- pressing and finishing work
Skill Level Description: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below. In Australia: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) In New Zealand: NZ Register Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):
- 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
- 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
- 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
- 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short Term Stream
- 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
- 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
- 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated
Registration or Licensing: Not Required
Industries: Clothing Trades Workers are mainly employed in: Manufacturing; Other Services; and Arts and Recreation Services
Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Clothing Trades Workers is Year 12 (34.6 per cent).
Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Clothing Trades Workers is expected to be low (equal to or less than 5,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).
Age Group: The main age group is 45-54 years (25.8 per cent) and the median age is 46 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).
Gender: The female share of Clothing Trades Workers is 80.9 per cent and 48.3 per cent of Clothing Trades Workers work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 35.0 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).
Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $687 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).
Employment: Employment for this occupation fell in the past five years and fell markedly in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for Clothing Trades Workers to November 2020 is expected to decline.
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