Certificate IV in Textile Design and Technology

Career

As a textile designer, you will create designs for knitted, woven and printed fabrics or textile products for a range of contexts, including fashion, interiors, homewares, craft and other commercial applications.

You can also work with graphics, packaging, greetings cards, ceramics, wrapping and wallpaper.

You can work as a textile design assistant, knitter, weaver and screen printer, fabric wholesaler, and studio assistants in screen printing companies and textile manufacturing companies.

You may also find work in other associated areas, such as:

fabric importing and distribution

design education and community arts

department store fabric buying

sustainable design.

Typical work activities may include:

liaising with clients to plan and develop original designs

interpreting client ideas by producing sketches, mocked-up designs and samples for presentation to customers

assessing production standards

experimenting with colour, fabric, fibres and texture

maintaining up-to-date knowledge of new design and production techniques and textile technology

meeting industry specifications

working to a design brief and timeline.

Entry requirement

To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:

IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 5.5 (with no individual band below 5.0)

TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 50 (with minimum of 5 in Reading, 5 in Listening, 14 in Speaking and 15 in Writing)

Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 42 (with no communication band less than 36)

C1 Advanced: minimum of 162 with no less than 154 in any component.