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Job Description

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-6052.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,670.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 21,660 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers”.

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Tasks for “Shop and Alteration Tailor”

Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.
Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.
Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
Put in padding and shaping materials.
Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.
Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
Trim excess material, using scissors.
Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.

Related Technology & Tools

Pinking shears
Buttonhole makers
Ironing presses
Computer laser printers
Coiless safety pins
Steam fabric pressing machines
Point turners
French curves
Industrial sewing machines
Steel straight pins
Rotary fabric cutters
Seam creasers
Tailor's point scissors
Sleeve boards
Dressmakers shears
Blind stitching machines
Razor knives
Tailor's hams
Chalk pencil holders
Dress forms
Serrated pattern tracing wheels
Pressing mitts
Sewing needles
Seam rolls
Fabric machines
Seam measurement gauges
Seam rippers
Steam irons
Computerized sewing machines
Chain stitching machines
Tailoring rulers
Measuring tapes
Desktop computers
Transparent rulers

Microsoft Office
Inventory tracking software
Bookkeeping software
Microsoft Word
Tailor Master
ArbelSoft TailorMax
Garment design software
Microsoft Excel