Apparel Industry Careers

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Apparel Industry Careers

• Apparel 2
• Objective 6.01

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Apparel Industry Segments

• Textiles fiber and fabric development
• Fashion Design
• Apparel Manufacturing home and clothing
• Wholesale Distribution
• Retail Marketing and Sales

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Textile Production fiber and fabric
development

• Textile Chemist
• Research, experiments, reports, solve problems
• Textile Converter
• Apply colors, texture, finishes to fabric
• Chemical Technician
• Run the experiments, interpret data
• Machine Operator
• In textile mill, create fibers and fabrics

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Fashion Design

• Apparel designer
• Create new ideas for garments and accessories
• Textile Designer
• Creates new patterns or designs on fabric works
  with designer or textile plant
• Design Associate
• Daily workroom tasks and manage data
• Sample Maker

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Apparel Manufacturing home and clothing

• Pattern Maker
• Translates designs into pattern pieces
• Grader
• Cuts patterns into different sizes
• Sewing Machine Operator
• Supervisor
• Oversees the workers in a factory
• Inspector quality control
• Shipping and receiving

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Wholesale Distribution

• Getting the merchandise to the proper locations
• Showroom sales
• Works for design house shows the buyers what
  they have take orders
• Travelling sale representative
• Visits department stores and clothing shops to
  sell their lines

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Forecasting

• Predicting what will happen
• Projection of interest in your product

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Retail Marketing and Sales

• Fashion Promotion
• Market Analyst understand consumers
• Public Relations sponsors events
• Sales reps
• Fashion Models
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator

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Fashion Merchandising

• Fashion Director
• Determines the fashion direction a business
  takes communicates to everyone
• AKA Fashion Coordinator
• Buyer predicts and buys what will sell
• Sales Associate
• Stock Clerk

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Fashion Support

• Photographers
• Fashion Writers (newspaper and magazines)
• Display Managers

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Compensation

• Hourly amount of pay no matter how many hours you
  work
• - hours worked x rate of pay
• Salary set Commission - of your sales pay
• Bonus extra pay based on productivity
• Benefits vacation, health insurance, uniforms,
  sick days

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Business Location

• Make sure to have a good source for employees

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Training

• Degree Programs
• 2 year, associates
• 4 year bachelors professional
• Chemists, designers, buyers
• Apprenticeship
• Working to learn how to do a job
• paid

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Training

• Internship
• Work to learn
• Shorter time
• No pay
• Job Shadowing
• A day or ½ day to see if you are interested