sewer - garment manufacturing

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

5 years or more

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Noisy

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Perform minor repairs and adjustments to equipment
• Operate machines to join sections of garments or other articles into finished products on a piece-work or production basis
• Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
• Set in sleeves, pockets, collars and other garment pieces
• Use sewing guides and tension devices

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

• Canvas
• Cotton or synthetic
• Knits
• Satin
• Silk
• Velvet

Equipment and machinery experience

• Button holer or button sewer
• Double needle machine
• Feller, feed-off arm
• Hemmer or blindstitcher
• Industrial sewing machine
• Profile stitcher or pocket machine
• Seamer, automatic
• Serger or overlock
• Single needle machine
• Tacker or bartack

Sewing experience

• Commercial
• Domestic
• Garment section work
• Whole garment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability