This document discusses the career opportunities and qualifications for Dressmaking NCII in the Philippines. Some key opportunities include sewing professionally as a custom clothier, dressmaker, tailor, or alterations specialist. The Dressmaking NCII qualification consists of basic, common, and core competencies focused on drafting patterns, cutting and preparing materials, sewing casual apparel, and applying finishing touches. Those with this qualification are competent to work as a dressmaker or garment sewer.

1. HOMAPON HIGH SCHOOL
Homapon Legazpi City
Senior High School
Technical - Vocational
Livelihood Track
HOME ECONOMICS
-DRESSMAKING NCII
By: ROCHELLE S NATO
Senior High School Teacher

2. What will be my
opportunity/ ies
for
Dressmaking NCII as a
CAREER?

3. SEWER?

4. FASHION
DESIGNER?

5. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
• Sewing professional is the most general
term for those who make their living by
sewing, teaching, writing about sewing, or
retailing sewing supplies. She or he may
work out of her home, a studio, or retail
shop, and may work part-time or full-time.
She or he may be any or all or the
following sub-specialities:

6. • A custom clothier makes custom
garments one at a time, to order, to meet
an individual customer's needs and
preferences.
• A custom dressmaker specializes in
women's custom apparel, including day
dresses, careerwear, suits, evening or
bridal wear, sportswear, or lingerie.

7. • A tailor makes custom menswear-style
jackets and the skirts or trousers that go
with them, for men or women.
• An alterations specialist or alterationist
adjusts the fit of completed garments,
usually ready-to-wear, or restyles them.
Note that while all tailors can do
alterations, by no means can all
alterationists do tailoring.

8. • Designers choose combinations of line,
proportion, color, and texture for intended
garments. They may have no sewing or
patternmaking skills, and may only sketch
or conceptualize garments.
• A wardrobe consultant or fashion
advisor recommends styles and colors for
a client.

9. • Patternmakers flat draft the shapes and
sizes of the numerous pieces of a garment
by hand using paper and measuring tools
or by computer using AutoCAD based
software, or by draping muslin on a
dressform.

10. • A seamstress is someone who sews
seams, or in other words, a machine
operator in a factory who may not have
the skills to make garments from scratch
or to fit them on a real body. This term is
not a synonym for dressmaker. Prior to the
Industrial Revolution, a seamstress did
handsewing, especially under the putting-
out system. Older variants are seamster
and sempstress.

11. • Sewist is a relatively new term, combining
the words "sew" and "artist", to describe
someone who creates sewn works of art,
which can include clothing or other items
made with sewn elements.

12. Dressmaking NCII
• Sector: Garments
• This qualifications is packaged from the
competency map of the Garment Industry.
• It Has three Competetncies
– Basic Competency
– Common Competency
– Core Competency

13. Dressmaking NCII Qualification
• Consists of competencies that a person
must achieve to enable him/her to draft
and cut pattern, lay out pattern on the
material/fabric, sew material/fbri and apply
finishing touches on the ladies casual
apparel.
• Casual Apparel consist of casual ladies
dress,blouse,skirt, trouser, shorts and
cullotes

14. BASIC COMPETENCY
• Participate in Workplace
communication
• Work in a Team Environment
• Practice career Professionalism
• Practice occupational health and
safety procedures.

15. COMMON COMPETENCIES
• Carry out Measurements and
calculations
• Set up and Operate Machine
• Perform Basic Maintenance
• Apply Quality Standards

16. CORE COMPETENCIES
• Draft and Cut Pattern of Casual
Apparel
• Prepare and Cut Materials of Casual
Apparel
• Sew Casual Apparel
• Apply Finishing Touches on Casual
Apparel.

17. A person who has achieved this
Qualification is competent to be:
• Dressmaker
• Garment Sewer

18. Basic Competencies
• Participate in Workplace Communication
– This module covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes required to obtain, interpret and convey
information in response to workplace requirements.
Upon Completion of this module the students/
trainees will be able to:
– L.O.1 Obtain and convey workplace information
– L.O.2 Complete relevant work related documents
– L.O.3 Participate in wrokplace meeting and
discussion

19. Basic Competencies
• Work in A Team Environment
– This module covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes required to relate in a work based
environment.
– L.O.1 Describe team role and scope
– L.O.2 Identify own role and responsibility
within team
– L.O.3 Work as a team member

20. Basic Competencies
• Practice Career Professionalism
– This module covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes in promoting career growth and
advancement, specifically to integrate
personal objectives with organizational goal
– L.O.1 Integrate personal objectives with
organizational goals
– L.O.2 Set and meet work priorities
– L.O.3 Maintain professional growth and
development.

21. Basic Competencies
• Practice Occupational Health and safety
Procedures
– this module covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes required to comply with the
regulatory and organizational requirements for
occupational health and safety such as
identifying, evaluating and maintaining
occupational health and saafety awareness.

22. • L.O.1 Identify hazards and risks
• L.O.2 Evaluate hazards and risks
• L.O.3 Control hazards and risks
• L.O.4 Maintain occupational health and
safety awareness.

23. Common Competencies
• This module covers the knowledge and
skills required in taking accurate
measurement of the client and
calculating/estimating the materials
requirement cost.
– L.O.1 Obtain Measurements
– L.O. 2 Peform simple calculations
– L.O.3 Estimate appropriate quantities

24. Common Competencies
• This module covers the knowledge and
skills required in setting up andoperating
machines.
– L.O.1 Set Machines
– L.O.2 Conduct Sample Run
– L.O.3 Test Machine Output
– L.O.4 Re-adjust machine setting to meet
requirements
– L.O.5 Maintain Records

25. Common Competencies
• Performing Basic Maintenance
– This module covers the knowledge,skills and
attitudes requird in performing minor
maintenance used by dressmaker.
– L.O.1 Opeate machine and assess its
performance
– L.O.2 Clean and Lubricate machine
– L.O.3 Check Machine Operation

26. Common Competencies
• Apply Quality Standards
– This module covers the knowledge and skills
and attitudes required in applying quality
standards to work operations in the industry.
– LO1 Assess own work
– LO2 Assess quality of received component
parts
– LO3 Record Information
– LO4 Study causes of quality deviations

27. Core Competencies
• This covers the knowledge, skills and
attitudes in drafting and cutting patterns of
casual apparel.
– LO1 Plan Garment Design
– LO2 Take Clients body Measurements
– LO3 Draft basic/ block Pattern
– LO4 Manipulate Pattern
– LO5 Cut Final Pattern

28. Core Competencies
• Prepare and Cut Materials for Casual
Apparel
– LO1 Prepare materials (fabric)
– LO2 Lay-out and mark pattern on material
– LO3 Cut Materials

29. Core Competencies
• Sewing Casual apparel
– LO1 Prepare cut parts
– LO2 Prepare sewing machine for operation
– LO3 Sew and assemble garment parts
– LO4 Alter completed garment.

30. Core Competencies
• Applying Finishing Touches on Casual
Apparel
– LO1 Apply finishing touches
– LO2 Trim excess threads
– LO3 Press finished garment
– LO4 Package the finished garment.