✨ ITI Trade: Dress Making

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Overview

The ITI Dress Making trade is a job-oriented vocational course, designed to prepare trainees for employment and entrepreneurship in the fashion and garment industry. This course aligns with the needs of Indian and International industries, equipping candidates with comprehensive skills in garment construction, design, and sewing technology.

This trade empowers trainees for government jobs, private sector roles, and self-employment opportunities, promoting self-reliance and economic independence.

Key Highlights

  • Course Name: Dress Making
  • Duration: 1 Year (2 Semesters)
  • Level: Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS)
  • Authority: NCVT (National Council for Vocational Training)
  • Eligibility: 10th Pass

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, trainees will be able to: ✅ Construct a wide range of garments for children, teenagers, ladies, and gents.
✅ Create outfits based on sketched designs, blocks, and using adaptation, draping, and manipulation techniques.
✅ Operate and maintain basic sewing machines, overlock machines, and handle minor troubleshooting and maintenance.
✅ Develop customized patterns and block prints.
✅ Apply skills for garment drafting, cutting, stitching, finishing, and designing.

What You Will Learn

👗 Garment Construction:

  • Dresses for children (Yoke Frock)
  • Dresses for teenagers
  • Ladies' dress, suits, nightwear, blouse
  • Gents' shirts and trousers

✂️ Techniques & Skills:

  • Measuring and Drafting
  • Cutting and Stitching
  • Garment Finishing
  • Designing and Block Pattern Creation
  • Operating sewing and over-lock machines
  • Block printing on fabrics

Career Opportunities

This qualification provides opportunities to work as:
👚 Sewing Machine Operator
👗 Designer in a Boutique
🧵 Stylist or Consultant in a Boutique
🧥 Be-spoke Designer
📦 Design Assistant in Export Units
🛒 Design Services in E-tailing (Online Fashion Retail)
📋 Assistant Production Merchandiser

Trade Summary

While similar to the Cutting and Sewing trade, the Dress Making course is more exhaustive, providing in-depth knowledge and practical skills in garment making. It covers all phases of the dressmaking process from design conceptualization to final production.

Core Skills Taught:

  • Measuring Garments
  • Drafting & Cutting Patterns
  • Stitching & Assembling Garments
  • Finishing Techniques
  • Block Designing and Printing
  • Sewing Machine Operation & Maintenance
  • Quality Control & Garment Fitting

Why Choose ITI Dress Making?

✅ Industry-Relevant Curriculum
✅ Hands-On Practical Training
✅ Employment & Self-Employment Opportunities
✅ Pathway to Higher Studies and Specializations
✅ Empowering Women & Youth in the Fashion Sector

Trades Summery

✨ Learning Outcomes

Sewing Technology (One-Year Duration)

A. Generic Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the trainees will be able to:

✅ Recognize & Comply

  • Follow safe working practices, maintain housekeeping standards, and understand environment regulations.

✅ Communicate Effectively

  • Work efficiently in teams, practice soft skills, and use technical English to communicate with clarity.

✅ Apply Quality & Labour Welfare Concepts

  • Understand and implement quality tools, follow labour welfare legislation, and apply them in daily activities to improve productivity and quality.

✅ Contribute to Sustainability

  • Explain and practice energy conservation, understand global warming and pollution, and use resources optimally in daily work.

✅ Entrepreneurial Skills

  • Gain basic knowledge of entrepreneurship, organize tasks, and manage personal and societal growth.

✅ IT & Digital Literacy

  • Understand basic computer operations, work with operating systems, and use internet services to benefit from IT developments in the industry.

📝 Summary:
This course trains candidates in handling clothing materials and finishing them into well-crafted garments, focusing on both practical skills and professional development.

B. Specific Learning Outcomes

Semester – I

👗 Practical Stitching Skills

  • Perform hand stitches on given fabrics.
  • Stitch and construct using different fabric techniques:
    • Seams with seam finishes
    • Darts, Pleats, Tucks
    • Gathers & Shirrs, Frills
    • Hems, Casings, Edge Finishes
    • Necklines, Plackets, Pockets
    • Collars, Sleeves, Cuffs

🔧 Fix & Mend Garments

  • Attach fasteners to fabrics (buttons, zippers, hooks, etc.)
  • Mend torn or damaged fabrics

📐 Pattern Drafting & Sewing

  • Draft patterns for a Ladies’ Suit
  • Cut and sew a Ladies’ Suit using drafted patterns

Semester – II

🖌️ Manual & Digital Sketching

  • Manually sketch Indian and Western Dresses with appropriate fabric designs
  • Create digital designs for Indian and Western Dresses using CorelDRAW software

📏 Block Pattern Development (Different Sizes)

  • Develop block pattern sets for:
    • Children
    • Teenagers
    • Ladies
    • Gents

🎭 Draping Techniques

  • Make patterns for:
    • Basic Bodice with Darts
    • Basic Bodice with Princess Line
    • Basic Straight Skirt
    • Basic Circular Skirt

🧵 Garment Construction (Adaptation, Draping, Manipulation Techniques)

  • Construct garments with accurate fitting and high quality, based on sketched designs and blocks:
    • Dress for Children (Yoke Frock)
    • Dress for Teenagers
    • Ladies Dress, Ladies Suit, Ladies Nightwear, Ladies Blouse
    • Gents Shirt, Gents Trouser

🔄 Pattern Grading Techniques

  • Make pattern grades for higher or lower sizes using standard size charts

📐 Marker Making

  • Prepare markers considering different fabric widths, textures, and design requirements

Final Outcome

By the end of this course, the trainee will be able to confidently perform dress designing, pattern drafting, garment construction, and digital designing, preparing them for employment, self-employment, or higher studies.

 

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