You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in fashion or garment technology.
Entry requirements:
You could do a college course, for example:
Entry requirements:
You can do a material cutter intermediate apprenticeship, or fashion and textiles pattern cutter advanced apprenticeship.
Entry requirements:
You could start as a pattern cutting assistant or sample machinist with a clothing manufacturer or fashion design company and work your way up.
You can do short courses in pattern cutting through university fashion departments, colleges and adult education centres.
Digital skills : to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently
Skills:Pattern cutters create pattern templates based on drawings from a fashion designer to make clothes.
In your day-to-day duties you may:
Location : You could work in a workshop, in a factory or in a creative studio.