This curriculum provides skills & knowledge necessary for Fashion Designer. There will be both demonstration by instructors/trainers and opportunity by trainees to perform skills/tasks specified in this curriculum. Trainees will practice & learn skills using typical tools, materials, equipment & machines necessary for the program.
After successful completion of this program the trainees will be equipped with the knowledge and skills related to sketching design, creating design, creating theme, coloring the design, making worksheet, taking measurement, selecting fabric color, making pattern, and finishing final touch.
Aim
To produce lower level fashion designing workers (Fashion Designer) able to provide tea cultivation/plantation services in the community being an entrepreneur/employee/self employed.
Objectives
After the completion of this training program, the trainees will be able:
- To sketch design
- To create design
- To create theme
- To color the design
- To make worksheet
- To take measurement
- To select fabric color
- To make pattern
- To finish final touch
Salient Features
Duration: The total duration of the course will be of 390 hours (three months) of specialized modules plus 70 hours of common module.
Target group: All interested individuals in the field of fashion designing with educational prerequisite of class eight pass.
Group size: Maximum of thirty
Medium of Instruction: The medium of instruction for this training program will be Nepali or English or both.
Pattern of attendance: The trainees should have 80% attendance in theory classes and 90% in practical/ performance to be eligible for internal assessments and final examinations.
Focus of the curriculum:
This curriculum emphasizes on competency /performance. 80% time is allocated for performance and only 20% for related technical knowledge. So the focus will be on performance of the specified competencies in the curriculum.
Follow up suggestion:
This is not a training program only for training sake. The ultimate success of this program will rest on the proficiency of the graduates of this training program in providing services in the community either by wage employment or by self-employment.
In order to assess the success of this program and collect feedbacks/inputs for the revision of the program, a schedule of follow up is suggested as follows:-
First follow up: Six months after the completion of the program
Second follow up: Six months after the completion of the first follow up
Follow up cycle: In a cycle of one year after the completion of the second follow up for five years
Grading System
The trainees will be graded as follows based on the marks in percentage secured by them in tests/ evaluations.
Distinction: Passed with 80% or above
First Division: Passed with 75% or above
Second Division: Passed with 65% or above
Third Division: Passed with 60% or above
Certificate requirement: The related training institute will provide the certificate of “Fashion Designer ". Again, individuals who complete module (s) of the curriculum will receive a certificate of completion of the particular module(s).
Eligibility
- Minimum of eight class pass or equivalent
- Minimum of 14 years of age
- Should pass entrance examination
Job Prospects
This curriculum for “Fashion Designer” is designed to produce lower level technical workforce equipped with knowledge and skills related to fashion designing. It makes the trainees able to get opportunities for wage and self-employment in the related occupational field.