Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Tasks Include:
- Test patterns by making and fitting sample garments.
- Draw details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined, as well as the positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes, and other features, using computers or drafting instruments.
- Determine the best layout of pattern pieces to minimize waste of material, and mark fabric accordingly.
- Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.
- Draw outlines of pattern parts by adapting or copying existing patterns, or by drafting new patterns.
- Create a paper pattern from which to mass-produce a design concept.
- Position and cut out master or sample patterns, using scissors and knives, or print out copies of patterns, using computers.
- Discuss design specifications with designers, and convert their original models of garments into patterns of separate parts that can be laid out on a length of fabric.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: -11.7%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$62,510.00
State
No Data
Regional
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing
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Draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts. May also mark and cut fabrics and apparel.
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 40.66%
- Bachelor's Degree = 26.36%
- Some College Courses = 18.58%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 11.53%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 2.86%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 29.18%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 19.69%
- None = 15.21%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.31%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 8.40%
- Over 10 years = 8.40%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.81%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 29.25%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 26.26%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.08%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.96%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 7.96%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 7.55%
- None = 7.40%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.54%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 31.31%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 21.98%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 13.47%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 11.97%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.12%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.96%
- None or short demonstration = 2.18%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Test patterns by making and fitting sample garments.
- Draw details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined, as well as the positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes, and other features, using computers or drafting instruments.
- Determine the best layout of pattern pieces to minimize waste of material, and mark fabric accordingly.
- Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.
- Draw outlines of pattern parts by adapting or copying existing patterns, or by drafting new patterns.
- Create a paper pattern from which to mass-produce a design concept.
- Position and cut out master or sample patterns, using scissors and knives, or print out copies of patterns, using computers.
- Discuss design specifications with designers, and convert their original models of garments into patterns of separate parts that can be laid out on a length of fabric.
- Mark samples and finished patterns with information, such as garment size, section, style, identification, and sewing instructions.
- Compute dimensions of patterns according to sizes, considering stretching of material.
- Examine sketches, sample articles, and design specifications to determine quantities, shapes, and sizes of pattern parts, and to determine the amount of material or fabric required to make a product.
- Trace outlines of paper onto cardboard patterns, and cut patterns into parts to make templates.
- Trace outlines of specified patterns onto material, and cut fabric, using scissors.
- Input specifications into computers to assist with pattern design and pattern cutting.
- Make adjustments to patterns after fittings.
- Create design specifications to provide instructions on garment sewing and assembly.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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80.00 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
74.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
72.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
71.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
59.50 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
59.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56.25 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
75.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
68.75 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
65.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
65.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
65.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
65.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
62.50 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
62.50 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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85.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
79.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
79.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
75.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
73.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
71.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
68.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
68.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
67.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
64.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
63.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
63.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
61.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
60.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
60.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
60.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
58.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
54.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
54.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
53.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
51.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
51.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
93.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
84.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
83.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
82.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
80.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
78.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
78.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
78.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
77.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
76.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
72.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
59.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
56.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
94.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
90.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
90.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
85.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
84.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
84.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
83.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
81.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
80.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
79.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
76.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
75.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
73.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
72.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
70.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
68.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
64.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
63.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
61.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
59.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
57.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
50.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
50.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,780.00 | $62,510.00 | $82,340.00 |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2,700 | 2,400 | -11.7% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Titles
- Assistant Designer
- Automatic Fabric Cutter (Autocutter)
- Cartoon Designer
- Clothing Pattern Preparer
- Clothing Patternmaker
- Computer Aided Design Operator (CAD Operator)
- Computer Aided Pattern Designer
- Designer
- Designer and Patternmaker
- Draper
- Embroidery Patternmaker
- Fabric Cutter
- Fabric Pattern Grader
- Fashion Patternmaker
- Garment Patternmaker
- Grader Marker
- Marker Maker
- Pattern Chart Writer
- Pattern Designer
- Pattern Grader
- Pattern Grader Cutter
- Pattern Maker
- Pattern Technician
- Patternmaker
- Pleat Patternmaker
- Production Pattern Maker
- Sail Lay-Out Worker
- Sewing Pattern Layout Technician
- Shoe Patternmaker
- Technical Pattern Designer
- Upholstery Pattern Maker
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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Related Schools
- Academia Serrant Inc
- Academy of Art University
- Beverly Hills Design Institute
- Canada College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Chaffey College
- Dallas College
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
- Fullerton College
- Honolulu Community College
- Institucion Chaviano de Mayaguez
- Liceo de Arte-Dise-O y Comercio
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College
- Orange Coast College
- Sacramento City College
- San Joaquin Delta College
- Santa Ana College
- SUNY Buffalo State University
- University of Hawaii Maui College
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus
- Utah State University
- Wayne County Community College District
- West Valley College
- William Rainey Harper College
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