Dress Making ITI Course: Details, Eligibility, Scope & Jobs

In this article, we will have an in-depth analysis of Dress Making trade offered by ITIs. It is a job oriented vocational trade. This article covers topics such as trade details, duration, syllabus, admission process and career prospects.

 

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Trade Overview

Name of the Trade:Dress Making
Course Duration:1 year
Eligibility Criteria:10th pass
Type of Course:ITI Vocational Training Course

 

ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes) in India are offering some of the best vocational courses out there. Dress Making trade/course is one such job oriented ITI course. The best thing about this course is that it suits female candidates very well!

 

Dress Making trade is very similar to Cutting and Sewing trade that is offered by many Indian ITIs. The fact is that Dress Making course is much more exhaustive and covers the topic of garment making in detail.

Also check –

List of best ITIs in Tamil Nadu

List of best ITIs in West Bengal

List of best ITIs in Maharashtra

List of best ITIs in Kerala

 

It is a 1 year long course. 10th passed students are eligible to pursue this course. At the end of training, successful candidates are awarded Vocational Training certificates related to this trade.

 

Dress Making Course: An Introduction

As the name suggests this course trains students in areas related to drafting, cutting, sewing, printing and designing garments. The vocational course trains students in areas like – dress making trade theory and practical. Also check – OTT courses in India.

 

The main aim of this trade is to provide vocational training to candidates and turn them into skilled professionals who can work with garment (draft, measure, cut, sew, print, operate relevant machinery and stitch) and make different types of dresses. Also check – Distance education courses after 12th.

 

Dress Making trade trains students in areas such as –

  • Measuring garments
  • Drafting garments
  • Cutting garments
  • Stitching garments
  • Finishing garments
  • Designing and creating block patterns
  • Operating relevant tools and equipment
  • Printing patterns using blocks
  • Operating sewing machine

 

In short, the course trains them in aspects related to handling clothing material and finishing them into simple garments.

 

Let us check out the basic course details now –

 

ITI Dress Making Course details

Type of course

It is a Vocational Training Certificate course.

 

Duration

1 year.

 

Eligibility criteria

10th pass (under 10+2 scheme of schooling) is the minimum qualification required to pursue this course.

 

Institutes and admission process

Many private and government operated ITIs across India are offering Dress Making trade. Most of them rely on merit based admission process. Some ITIs are also know to rely on direct admission process.

 

Syllabus

The syllabus can roughly be divided into two parts –

  1. Trade theory
  2. Trade practical

Important trade theory subjects –

  • Introduction to trade
  • Introduction to job prospects and scope
  • First aid and safety precautions
  • Measuring tools
  • Drafting tools
  • Marking tools
  • Cutting tools
  • Sewing tools
  • Finishing tools
  • Fibers
  • Types of fabrics
  • Needles and thread
  • Needle break policy
  • Fabric grade
  • Shrinkage
  • Measurement units
  • Measuring techniques
  • Sewing machine
  • Industrial sewing machine
  • Operating and maintaining a sewing machine
  • Seams
  • Sewing aids
  • Hand stitches
  • Casing
  • Edge finishing
  • Necklines
  • Pockets
  • Collars
  • Sleeves
  • Trimmings
  • Mending

Important trade practical subjects –

  • Identifying trade tools
  • Familiarization and handling of tools
  • Safety precautions while handling tools
  • Identification of fabrics
  • Handling fabrics
  • Making weave samples
  • Practice on simple sewing machine
  • Practice on industrial sewing machine
  • Practice of making seams
  • Practice of hand stitches
  • Stitching ladies suit
  • Practice of fixing fasteners
  • Samples of making sleeves
  • Samples of making collars
  • Samples of making pockets
  • Samples of making plackets
  • Making samples of necklines
  • Making samples of edge finishing
  • Making samples of different types of casing
  • Making samples of different types of hem
  • Making samples of tucks
  • Making samples of frills
  • Making samples of pleats
  • Making samples of tucks

Dress Making Career scope & jobs

ITI Dress Making course passed students have diverse job opportunities available in front of them. Self-employment is the best path that’s available in front of them. Garment manufacturing industry and its allied fields are the prime job providers.

 

Some of the well known recruiters are –

  • Garment manufacturers
  • Textile Mills
  • Garment retailers
  • Tailor shops
  • Textile co-operatives

 

In the above mentioned work setups, ITI Dress Making passed students may don the following roles –

  • Tailor
  • Machine operator
  • Instructor
  • Designer
  • Stylist
  • Printing Block designer
  • Sewing specialist
  • Stitching specialist
  • Printing specialist

 

Talking about self-employment, dress making trade passed students may start their own tailor shop or garment handling firm. Government usually provides financial assistance for such medium scale ventures.

Arun Kallarackal
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