Clothing Finisher Labourers in Mining, Construction & Transport
SaveWhat Does a Clothing Finisher Do?
Clothing finishers set haberdasheries (e.g. bottoms, zips, and ribbons) and cut threads. They weigh, pack, label materials and products.
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Where Do I Start?
Clothing Industry
Major suppliers, brands and products involved in the clothing industry.
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These are common skills for this role. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box — use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become a Clothing Finisher
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialClothing Industry knowledge
Major suppliers, brands and products involved in the clothing industry.
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EssentialClothing Sizes knowledge
Sizes of clothing items in order to make appropriate suggestions to customers.
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EssentialAnalyse Supply Chain Strategies skill
Examine an organisation's planning details of production, their expected output units, quality, quantity, cost, time available and labour requirements. Provide suggestions in order to improve products, service quality and reduce …
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EssentialDecorate Textile Articles skill
Decorate wearing apparels and made up textile articles by hand or using machines. Decorate textile articles with ornaments, braided cords, golden yarns, soutaches, jewellery, and cristals.
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EssentialManufacture Wearing Apparel Products skill
Manufacture either mass-product or bespoke wearing apparels of various types, assembling and joining together wearing apparel components using processes such as sewing, gluing, bonding. Assemble wearing apparel components using stitches, …
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EssentialPack Goods skill
Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.
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EssentialPerform Warehousing Operations skill
Perform operations carried out in warehouses such as packing, carrying, stacking goods, sorting, loading and unloading freight from vans, trucks, wagons, ships or aircrafts.
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Optional Skills (5 of 6 displayed)
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OptionalFabric Types knowledge
Woven, non-woven, knitted fabrics and netting fabrics, technical fabrics such as Gore-Tex and Gannex.
Recommended Books
4 booksWoolen And Worsted Fabrics Glossary; Containing Instructions For The Manufacture Of Every Known Grade And Variety Of Woolen And Worsted Fabrics -
OptionalApparel Manufacturing Technology knowledge
Traditional and advanced apparel manufacturing technologies. Technologies including processes, machinery, etc. in order to compile and design pattern requirements, contribute to product costing and finalise assembly sequence and quality assurance …
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OptionalAlter Wearing Apparel skill
Alter wearing apparel repairing or adjusting it to the clients/manufacturing specifications. Perform altering by hand or using equipment.
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OptionalDistinguish Accessories skill
Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
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OptionalDistinguish Fabrics skill
Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
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OptionalEmbroider Fabrics skill
Embroider fabrics of different proveniences or finished articles by using embroidery machines or by hand.
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