Garment Technology

FBTE11602 Garment Technology 20 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 4 Janine Dixon Unit coordinator Department of Materials 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Garment Technology plays a crucial role in any fashion business. It involves many supply chain activities from the construction of garments and material considerations right through to sample fitting, garment production and quality control.   Garment Technology plays a crucial role in any fashion business. It involves many supply chain activities from the construction of garments and material considerations right through to sample fitting, garment production and quality control. This unit will provide students with a strong knowledge base in garment technology, which will be built on in Year 2, as the Garment Technology Units in Years 1 and 2 are designed to be closely linked with a common theme.This Year 1 unit provides a critical understanding of the procedures and processes involved in garment engineering and manufacturing of both sample and mass-produced garments, whilst introducing students to emerging and established manufacturing technologies and techniques employed in the clothing industry. Students will develop key commercial skills as they will become familiar with important industry standards relevant to the creation of garments and appropriate manufacturing processes for specific clothing applications.Students will have the opportunity to reflect on the divergence of garments available on the retail high street by studying and evaluating garments from a variety of retailers, considering retail price points, a variety of textile materials and various manufacturing techniques used in their construction. The comparison between different types of garments and garments from retailers with diverse value levels (low, mid and high) and target consumers will enable students to develop a critical understanding of quality and cost considerations in garment technology processes. Overall, the unit aims to provide students with a robust knowledge base of garment manufacturing and assembly, machine and fabric choice, technical specifications and quality and cost considerations. In particular, the unit aims to:<ul><li>Promote a comprehensive understanding of garment construction and mass industrial production (including standards and production techniques) in the manufacture of both light-weight and heavy-weight clothing within the context of fashion retailing.</li><li>Enable a consideration of advantages and disadvantages of different garment engineering and manufacturing techniques for various applications (e.g. market) and circumstances (e.g. sampling, mass production).  </li><li>Develop an appreciation of the importance of garment technology for fashion businesses and particularly the significance of reporting technical specifications in a standardised and concise manner for costing and quality control purposes.  </li></ul> A greater depth of the learning outcomes are covered in the following sections: <ul> <li> Knowledge and understanding</li> <li> Intellectual skills</li> <li> Practical skills</li> <li> Transferable skills and personal qualities</li> </ul> <ul><li>Describe in a technical format current procedures and basic garment engineering processes employed in fashion and textile industries.</li><li>Explore in the context of garment design; fit and appearance, properties of materials, and cutting techniques involved in the creation of a garment</li><li>Identify the technical and economic reasons for the selection of particular materials, and processes of quality and cost.</li><li>Specify using appropriate knowledge the textile materials, equipment and mathematics required in clothing manufacture.</li><li>Select appropriate garment manufacturing processes for specific purposes.</li></ul>Contributing to the programme learning outcomes:<ul><li>Confidently judge and interpret product performance characteristics and behaviour through theoretical and scientific approaches, with emphasis on garment.</li><li>Demonstrate an understanding of product requirements, innovation, enterprise and cost issues in relation to textile and garment production.</li></ul> <ul><li>Describe textile materials and their use in different applications.</li><li>Explore emerging and established manufacturing technologies used to create mass production of design samples.</li><li>Use appropriate qualitative and quantitative skills to solve problems and inform decision making.</li><li>Analyse manufacturing problems, finding solutions to solving garment engineering and wholesale production problems.</li></ul>Contributing to the programme learning outcomes:<ul><li>Synthesise, assess and evaluate information and data from appropriate sources and use these to make informed, independent judgments and decision making in relation to technical product and/or business contexts.</li><li>Communicate mathematical and technological information with clarity, logic and accuracy. innovation, enterprise and cost issues in relation to textile and garment production.</li></ul> <div><ul><li>Use garment appropriate manufacturing systems safely, to produce products and samples.</li><li>Use appropriate sources of information to gain relevant information on production in the fashion industry.</li><li>Produce coherent technical specifications with accurate technical terminology and reference to International Standards.</li><li>Apply key commercial methods and technologies to be utilised in sample and mass production.</li></ul>Contributing to the programme learning outcomes:<ul><li>Select, evaluate and use relevant software applications, including spreadsheets, CAD software, business applications, etc., for different tasks such as data analysis or design communication, within the context of Fashion and Textiles industry.</li><li>Use practical design communication methods effectively in a fashion and textile context.</li></ul></div> <ul><li>Communicate effectively to demonstrate knowledge of clothing technology methods and techniques.</li><li>Solve problems by selecting appropriate resources to associate with the discipline, using safe working practises.</li><li>Work independently and collaboratively on project based work.</li><li>Utilise creative and problem solving techniques to generate solutions.</li></ul>Contributing to the programme learning outcomes:<ul><li>Clear and effective communication, using a range of styles and employing various media appropriate to the context.</li></ul> This unit will involve tracking the evolution of garments through the reverse engineering of commercial garments commencing with the analysis of material properties, garment components and joining techniques right through to appropriate production processes.The unit makes use of a variety of learning and teaching processes including lectures, seminars and practical workshops that are based on problem-based learning, group work and independent study. All sessions are intended to be student-centred and interactive. Students are encouraged to engage with the learning process throughout and will have many opportunities to ask questions and seek guidance in connection with the course material and in-course assessments.Lectures will be used to introduce and examine concepts, principles and techniques. Seminars and workshops will provide the opportunity for students to become fluent in the concepts and techniques developed in lectures and to develop competence in the application and evaluation of importance of these. Canvas will be used to present lecture notes and supporting material for the subject. Directed and independent learning will be promoted throughout the unit.Transferable aspects of communication, including group work and interpersonal skills, research skills and technical writing skills will be utilised in this unit. These areas of learning will be assessed by both individual and group work activities. As in employment, most work is carried out by people working together in teams, special attention will be paid to the development and practice of students’ own individual skills in working with others.Students can expect the following assistance throughout the unit:<ul><li>Interactive sessions analysing garments, their production processes and materials used, which will feed into the assessment tasks.</li><li>Supported technical workshops to engage with different production processes.</li><li>The provision of reading lists for each topic covered.</li><li>Where possible, videos for students to view and review technology procedures.</li><li>An opportunity for students to speak briefly to the unit tutors at the beginning, during and at the close of taught sessions (lectures, seminars, workshops, etc.).</li><li>Formative feedback throughout the unit to help students gauge their progress and to check their understanding.</li><li>Opportunities for 1-to-1 feedback during coursework drop-ins on the progress of the coursework.</li></ul>Further information on the coursework is available in the assessment brief of the unit handbook. Details about progression through the coursework will be delivered in Week 1 of the unit.  5 Portfolio 100% Summative feedback will be provided electronically after the Semester 2 exam period. N The recommended reading for this unit can be found on the <a href="https://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/leganto/public/44MAN_INST/lists/338990279510001631?auth=CAS">online unit reading list</a>. Lectures 54 0 146