Fashion Designer - ANZSCO 232311

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Description
Plans, designs and develops clothing, accessories, footwear or other items of personal apparel considering the form and construction of clothing, historical styles and contexts, contemporary and cultural trends, colour, fabric, and decoration, and the techniques and processes available for manufacture.

Skill Level 1

Specialisations
Costume Designer

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Endorsed Correlations to ASCO Occupations
2533-11 Fashion Designer

Group: 2323 Fashion, Industrial and Jewellery Designers

Description
plan, design, develop and document products for manufacture and prepare designs and specifications of products for mass, batch and one-off production.

Tasks
determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders
undertaking product research and analysing functional, commercial, cultural and aesthetic requirements
formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery
preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts
negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff
selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture
detailing and documenting the selected design for production
preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples
supervising the preparation of patterns, programs and tooling, and the manufacture process

Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Requirements for Skills Assessment

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

In addition to the above, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:

• at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level,
• undertaken in the last five years,
• working 20 hours or more per week, and
• highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

If the qualification is not in a highly relevant field, then the applicant must have:

• three years of post-qualification employment experience at an appropriate skill level,
• undertaken in the last five years,
• working 20 hours or more per week, and
• highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

This is reduced to two years if there is an additional qualification at least at AQF Diploma level in a highly relevant field.

If employment has occurred before completion of qualification, then five years of highly relevant employment experience are required in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.

Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.

*If employment is prior to the completion of the qualification at the required level, an applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining five years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.

Qualification
AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree*
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
» Fashion Design
* This includes qualifications assessed at AQF
Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.

Employment information

Fashion Designers plan, design, develop and create garments, footwear and lifestyle accessories to suit current trends and design briefs. They may develop high end one-of-a-kind garments, or collections suitable for large production runs.

Fashion designers follow a process of identifying trends and researching for shapes, fabrics and colours. They then focus on creating designs that will appeal to their specific target customers’ needs. Design considerations include commercial constraints and production capabilities.

 Fashion designers may be self-employed as entrepreneurs and freelance designers or work for fashion retailers, small businesses, designer boutiques or high-fashion department stores. Some work for apparel manufacturers, creating designs for the mass market. A few may also work as costume designers for media and stage productions.

Roles that are primarily focused on interpreting designs, sketches, and samples to make garments will not be considered under this occupation. Apparel Cutters, Clothing Patternmakers, Dressmakers or Tailors are classified separately in ANZSCO.