MSFSF2007 Construct unlined curtains and drapes

Release: 1

MSFSF2007 Construct unlined curtains and drapes

Modification History

Release 1 - New unit of competency

Application

This unit of competency covers constructing and machine sewing unlined, pleated and gathered curtains and drapes.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Competency Field

Unit Sector

Soft Furnishing

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Establish work requirements and prepare for work	1.1	Work health and safety (WHS) requirements, including ergonomic criteria and personal protection needs, are observed throughout the work
1.2	Work order requirements are checked and confirmed
1.3	Heading type is recognised to identify personal work requirements for measuring, calculating, sewing, folding and finishing
1.4	Correct side of fabric, naps, direction of pattern and pattern matches are identified
1.5	Drapery panels are checked for faults
1.6	Appropriate needle types for the fabric are selected and threaded
2	Lay out work to be sewn	2.1	Top fabric is folded bringing edges to be seamed together to match any pattern and to maintain an appropriate finished length following workplace quality requirements
2.2	Fabric is held together and, where required, supported with pins or other workplace approved methods
3	Stitch seams and form corners	3.1	Curtain fabrics are held to allow for personal right-hand or left-hand preference of the sewer, and manipulation requirements for the bulk and slipperiness of the materials
3.2	Machine sewing operations are completed correctly
3.3	Corners are folded and formed to match work order requirements, inserting any required weight bags
3.4	Hems are completed using any required weights, stitch type and appropriate sewing method
3.5	Corners are stitched and finished, and any loose threads trimmed
4	Construct curtain headings	4.1	Curtain heading tape is attached according to workplace approved method and job instructions
4.2	Sewn pleat spaces are kept uniform within drops
4.3	Care labels are fixed to heading or hem of curtain according to workplace standards
5	Finish work	5.1	Finished curtain panels, including stitch length, end finishing and final length of finished curtain panels, are checked against work requirements
5.2	Work is pressed for the next work stage
5.3	Any parts of the work which do not comply with work order are repaired
6	Complete work for next process	6.1	Workplace required documentation is completed and stored following appropriate procedures
6.2	Finished work is folded, protected and despatched to next process following workplace procedures

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. Detail on appropriate performance levels for each furnishing unit of competency in reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy utilising the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) are provided in the Furnishing Training Package Implementation Guide.

Range of Conditions

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Unit context includes:	WHS requirements, including legislation, building codes, material safety management systems, hazardous and dangerous goods codes, and local safe operating procedures or equivalent work is carried out in accordance with legislative obligations, environmental legislation, relevant health regulations, manual handling procedures and organisation insurance requirements work requires individuals to demonstrate some discretion, judgement and problem solving
Curtain heading styles include:	gathered slotted (rod pocket) pencil pleat and pinch pleat and may include tab top knife pleat goblet pleat and cartridge
Machines include:	industrial sewing machines pressing equipment
Tools and equipment include:	measuring and calculating equipment: tapes rulers calculators computers fabric and general cutting and sewing tools: scissors sewing machines hemming machines overlockers pleating machines
Materials to be machined include:	interlining and curtain fabrics fasteners threads
Work order requirements include:	widths and numbers of finished curtain panels, heading style, number and spacing of pleats finishing and any filling of curtain headings
Marking out includes:	returns overlaps pleats spaces
Machine sewing operation quality requirements include:	straight stitching along marked pleat line from the top of the heading to the lower edge of the stiffening material or vice versa securing of beginning and end of threads of the stitching with even and appropriate seam stitch type, length and visibility seams are flat the inclusion of care labels and fibre content labels where required finished components match work requirements
Personal protective equipment includes:	that prescribed under legislation, regulations and enterprise policies and practices
Information and procedures include:	workplace procedures relating to the use of tools and equipment work instructions, including job sheets, cutting lists, plans, drawings and designs workplace procedures relating to reporting and communication manufacturer specifications and operational procedures

Unit Mapping Information

Supersedes and is equivalent to LMFSF2007B Construct unlined curtains/drapes.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=0601ab95-583a-4e93-b2d4-cfb27b03ed73