Alterationist, Garments

Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 25 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
**Tasks**:

- Make made-to-measure garments according to customer and manufacturing specifications
- Fit, alter and repair garments as required
- Lay out, cut, sew and press materials to make hats
- Make, alter or re-style fur garments and accessories
- Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
- Select and modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
- Design patterns to fit measurements
- Mark, cut and sew fabric
**Type of materials**:

- Cotton or synthetic
- Furs and skins
- Nylon
- Polyester or synthetic
- Satin
- Silk
- Textiles and leather
- Velvet or pile fabrics
**Area of work experience**:

- Alterations
- Designing
- Dressmaking
- Repair
- Restyling
- Tailoring
- Fabrication
**Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
**Area of specialization**:

- Furrier
- Seamstress
- Milliner
- Tailor
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Equipment
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Experience**:

- 1 year to less than 2 years
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Workplace information**:

- Hybrid