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Level 1 Certificate in Fashion
Below are the mandatory core units for this course and what they will cover.
WORKING
SAFELY
SUITABLE
FABRICS
RESEARCH DESIGN
PLAN & MAKE SAMPLES
Unit 101 - Exploring Design Ideas
How to work safely and effectively when exploring design ideas
Learn the ability to prepare for design work
Learn the ability to experiment with design ideas, different materials, mediums and techniques to create designs
Evaluate and record design work
WORKING
SAFELY
SUITABLE
FABRICS
RESEARCH DESIGN
PLAN & MAKE SAMPLES
Unit 102 - Sampling Fashion Techniques
How to work safely and effectively
Prepare for sampling fashion techniques
Sample fashion techniques include
Stitching types and tensions.
SEAMS
Open, open neated with clean finish, zigzag, 3 step zig zag, French, crossed.
FULLNESS
Gathers, tucks, knife pleats, easing.
SHAPE
Single point darts, double point darts.
FASTENINGS
Machine made button holes, falt buttons, concealed zip, centred zip, hook and eyes, press studs.
FACINGS
Curved neck edge, v-shaped neck edge, nothing, layering, understitching.
CUFFS - Straight.
HEMS
Neatened and machine stitched, neatened and hand stitched.
POCKETS - Patch pocket.
Present and evaluate samples
Select 2 units from the the selection below to complete your course units.
The units below will cover the following...
WORKING SAFELY
& EFFECTIVELY
IDENTIFY SUITABLE
FABRICS
RESEARCH
DESIGN IDEAS
LEARN TECHNIQUES & MAKE SAMPLES
LEARN TO DESIGN,
PLAN & COST
CONSTRUCT
THE ITEM
Unit 106 - Make a Unlined Skirt
Unit 105 - Make a Shirt or Top
Pay-as-you-go Classes
Enjoy the flexibility of splitting the tuition fees with pay-as-you-go learning!
You can enrol for our City & Guilds certificates anytime: no waiting for term-start-dates.
Convenient & Affordable Learning
You only pay for the classes on the day you attend. Making learning convenient and affordable.
Whilst attendance to every class is not mandatory, it is recommended.
Tuition Fees
Tuition for classes is £20 per guided learning hour, this covers your guided learning hours for the course, costs of some course materials, use of tools and machines, assessment, internal verification and external verification.
Estimated Tuition Fees for this course
Class Tuition Hours
118 hours
City and Guilds provide an estimate for the learning hours required to complete the qualification. This is only an estimate, you may complete the qualification in less time or it may take you longer.
Estimated Tuition Fee Total
£2,360
This figure is based on the class tuition hours (guided learning) provided by City & Guilds. Please note you may require more or less guided learning hours which alters the total cost.
Course Deposit
£47.10
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