1. Apparel Industry Careers
Objective 6.01

2. Apparel Industry Segments
Textiles – fiber and fabric development
Fashion Design
Apparel Manufacturing – home and clothing
Wholesale Distribution
Retail Marketing and Sales

3. 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

4. Fashion Design Apparel designer Textile Designer** Design Associate
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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Forecasting Predicting what will happen*
Projection of interest in your product

8. Retail Marketing and Sales
Fashion Promotion**
Market Analyst: understand consumers
Public Relations: sponsors events
Sales reps:
Fashion Models
Graphic Designer
Illustrator

9. 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

10. Fashion Support Photographers
Fashion Writers (newspaper and magazines)
Display Managers

11. 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

12. Business Location
Make sure to have a good source for employees*

13. Training Degree Programs Apprenticeship 2 year, associates
4 year bachelors – “professional”
Chemists, designers, buyers
Apprenticeship
Working to learn how to do a job
paid

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