7531-Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters

Job Title ( International classification ): 
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters
ISCO Code: 
7531
Job Description: 
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters fabricate, fit, alter and repair tailored or hand-made clothing; They produce made-to-measure clothing such as suits, overcoats, and dresses from textile fabrics, light leather, fur and other material, or make hats or wigs according to customer?s and clothing manufacturer?s specifications.
Tasks: 

Main Tasks include -

  • (a) making overcoats, suits, skirts, shirts, blouses, lingerie, corsetry, hats, wigs and similar garments often to clients' individual requirements
  • (b) selecting textile fabrics, leather or fur pelts matching the desired size, colour, texture, and quality of the garment
  • cutting to shape them to garment pattern and arranging them on pattern according to the design of the garment
  • (c) making garment style changes, such as tapering trouser legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding
  • (d) selecting and modifying commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
  • (e) fitting, altering and repairing tailored clothing, dresses, coats and other made-to-measure garments according to customers' requests
  • (f) making and caring for costumes used in theatrical, television and motion picture productions
  • (g) folding, twisting, and draping material, such as satin or silk, or sewing ribbon or cloth in the form of artificial flowers or bows around crown and brim to shape and decorate hats
  • (h) sewing, and fastening together materials and hair strands to make wigs
  • (i) blending shades of hair to give natural appearance to wigs and arranging woven hair in specified position and sewing hair together to form hairpiece
  • (j) making, altering, restyling and repairing fur garments and other fur articles
  • (k) reclaiming furs or skins from old coats, gluing fabric to interior of fur coats and trimming fur garments.
Inclusions: 

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Dressmaker
- Furrier
- Milliner
- Tailor

Exclusions: 

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Textile handicraft worker - 7318
- Sewing machine operator - 8153

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