Apprenticeship training course
Sewing machinist (level 2)
Making sewn products to meet specifications and quality criteria.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 15 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£8,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Industrial sewing machinist
- Production sewing machinist
- Sewing machine operator
- Sewing machinist
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Follow work instructions for example, specifications, standard operating procedures, and specific instructions.
- Organise resources for example, equipment, components, and tools.
- Check working environment for hazards.
- Apply safe working practices including guards, seat positioning, safety clothing, and manual handling.
- Apply sustainability principles for example, minimise energy usage and waste.
- Identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Lay out equipment, components, and resources.
- Inspect cut or pre-sewn components before sewing; identify and resolve issues.
- Select and insert needles.
- Select thread.
- Fill and insert spool and thread a sewing machine.
- Select the sewing machine settings.
- Conduct sewing machine test run for example, pre-production, following threading up, adjustments, or maintenance.
- Make sewing machine adjustments for example, stitch tension.
- Operate, monitor, and control a sewing machine for example, lockstitch, linker, blind hemmer, overlocker, cup seam, and coverstitch machine.
- Control material feed.
- Conduct quality checks.
- Identify needle damage.
- Identify and resolve sewing issues for example, skip stitch, lose stitch, or pucker stitch.
- Follow post-production procedure for example, re-bundle, bag up, and attach work ticket.
- Enter information to track work process for example, work dockets, documentation, or electronic tracking system.
- Select maintenance tools.
- Remove and replace sewing machine parts for example, the presser foot, throat plate, spool, and spool case.
- Clean sewing machine and machine parts.
- Check oil.
- Use information technology and digital systems for example, real time system or computerised sewing machine settings.
- Communicate with others for example, other machinists, senior machinists, production staff, supervisors, and team leaders.
- Report issues for example, product quality and machine faults.
- Apply team working principles.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Monitor own performance.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
Full information on Sewing machinist (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.