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Clothing Trades Workers

ANZSCO 3932

Employed

8,400

Part-time share

52%

Female share

76%

Median age

54 yrs

Employment outlook

Growing

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.

About this career

Clothing Trades Workers prepare and cut garment patterns and fabric, and make and repair garments.

What they typically do

  • Conferring with customers to determine material, styles and designs of garments
  • Interpreting designs, sketches and samples to determine pattern specifications
  • Cutting out master patterns
  • Laying up and cutting fabric
  • Pinning, basting and draping garment parts
  • Sewing garments
  • Fitting basted garments on customers and marking areas requiring alteration
  • Sewing buttonholes, and sewing on buttons, hooks, eyes and press fasteners to finish garments
  • Pressing and finishing work

States and territories

Share of workers by location

VIC
30.6%
NSW
29.7%
QLD
18.4%
SA
8.7%
WA
7.9%
TAS
1.9%
NT
1.5%
ACT
1.3%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Clothing Trades Workers.