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Standards

Standards

Welcome to our standards section.

From here you will be able to find out the “official” industry position on:

  • what tasks people typically do in different fashion and textiles jobs
  • the standard set of skills and knowledge that employees need to do a particular job
  • which vocational qualifications you can use to build your skills and understanding, to help you meet the accepted industry standard

This information can help in lots of ways:

  • Jobseekers: find out what you need to know to work in your chosen profession
  • Employees: check which qualifications relate to your job, or what you should know to take the next step in your career
  • Employers: find out what skills your employees should have in particular roles – which could help you with planning recruitment, training or performance appraisals
  • Careers professionals: understand what employers expect from people going into their business in particular job
  • Learning providers: use standards to plan your course content

To start exploring fashion and skills standards, first decide what you want to do:

 
Enter here to discover what tasks you would typically do in a specific job, then drill down to find out about skills and knowledge needed to perform these tasks
 
 
Enter here to select a task that you can do, then find out which jobs feature this kind of activity
 
 
Enter here if you want a full list of fashion and textiles standards, arranged in occupational areas
 

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