RURAL FOCUS INITIATIVE-UGANDA (RUFI-U).

CURRICULUM FOR TAILORING & GARMENT CUTTING

Duration of course 6 1/2 months

Essential Theory hours - hrs
Essential Practical hours - hrs
Introduction to the course
Clothing is one of the basic needs of human being people one becoming fashion conscious. With
change in fashion & style, the stitching of garment also changes. Hence keeping in view the
market demand and change of fashion technology, courses on cutting, tailoring & dress making
have been suitably designed in the structure of non formal education. The beneficiaries are new
literates and people with low education levels. Besides tailoring can be a vocation for self
employment.

Objective
 To provide knowledge & training in use of tools & equipments used in tailoring trade, sewing
terminology among the youth especially those out of school.
 Taking correct body measurements
 Basic hand & machine stitches
 Designing, drafting & pattern making
 Layout & fabric estimation
 Cutting, tailoring & finishing of garments for children, ladies & gents.
 Alteration, defects & remedies to fitting problems.
 Processes of quality control, packaging, labelling, marking, costing & promotion.
 Sourcing of fabrics, trends & relating so servicing process.
 Skill to construct professional looking garments.
 Enhancing employability & entrepreneur skills.

Entry Requirements
 Able to interpret the measurements Preferably able to count numbers and
recording them
 The minimum age limit for trainee is 16 years but there is no upper age limit.
 Committed to learning

Competencies: -
 Identify and take care of the various tools and equipment used in cutting and tailoring.
 Identify and practice basic (temporary and permanent) and decorative stitches.
 Take body measurements (length width and circumference) systematically and follow necessary
precautions.
 Master the use of sewing machine and take care of the machine.
 Follow precautions while using a machine. Identify and correct the defects in a machine. Identify
and correct the defects in a machine.
 Make different types of piping, facing and pockets and attach buttons, button hole etc.
  Select fabric and appropriate colour combinations according to age, tradition, Vocation and
personality.
 Follow rules of pattern making, layout and fabric estimation
 Fold, iron, pack and cost evaluation of stitched garment.
 Marking and storing of drafts and patterns for future use.

Job opportunities:
After completing the course one can get employment in garment manufacturing unit or get self
employed by opening a tailoring shop or work at home.
Wage employment : Can get employment as cutter/tailor/checker/designers in garment
manufacturing industries/tailoring shops/tailoring units in govt. sector of public sectors like jails
/hospitals etc. can get employments as instructor in educational institutes.
Self employment: can open his/her own tailoring shop or can do tailoring work at his/her own
house or can take up orders work from factories.
SCHEME OF STUDY

TAILORING AND GARMENT CUTTING MODULE

DURATION MODULE MODULE UNIT MATERIALS LEARNING
REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT
WEEK 1 &2 Machine  Treading  Cement empty  Identify
operation  Threading sacks machine
 Straight lines  Machine needles parts
 Curved lines  Machine oil  Identify
 Squire lines  Training facility needle parts
 Oiling and Simple  Thread of
Maintenance Machine
 Learn how to
tension lower
and upper
tension
 Learn how to
oil the
machine

WEEK 3 School uniform  Sac Dress  Blended poplin  Take

 Pinafore  Thread measurement
 Machine  Draft front and
needles back parts
 Measuring  Draft Front
tape yokes
 Draft Sleeves
and pockets

WEEK 4 & 5 Shirts  Short  Printed fabrics  Take

sleeved and  Threads measurements
long sleeved  Interfacing  Draft back and
shirts  Buttons front parts
 Kitengi  Draft yoke
fashion piece
shirts  Draft sleeves
 Mandela and pockets
fashion
shirts
WEEK 6&7 Skirt  A line skirt  Sun flag  Take
 One piece materials measurements
 skirt  Interfacing  FL
 Three piece  Elastic  WST
skirt  Threads  HIPS
 Six piece  Zips  Draft and cut
skirt  Buttons pieces equally
 Eight piece according to
skirt fashion
 Square the
materials
 Identify sides
 Interpret the
measurements
on materials
 Waist bands
 Draft waist
band on
straight

WEEK 8 &9 Pleated skirts  Knife  Sun flag  Take

pleated materials measurements
skirts  Stiff paper  Waist band
 Box pleated  Zips  Draft parts
skirts  Buttons  Practical
 Inverted  Threads exercise
pleated  Take
skirts measurements
 Full length
 Waist
 Draft part,
square the
materials
 Identify sides
 Interpret the
measurements
on materials
 Waist band
 Draft waist on
straight grain
 Cut out waist
band
 Fix stiff paper
 on waist band

WEEK 10-14 Gomes  Full Gomes  Printed fabrics  Take

 Half Gomes  Blended measurements
 Fish fashion polyester  Draft /cut out
Gomes  Mudaliso yoke
 Buttons  Draft sleeves
 Threads and skirt
 Practical
exercise
 Take
measurements
 Full length
 Yoke width
 Draft cut yoke
 Square the
materials
 Identify sides
 Interpret the
measurements
on materials
 Draft sleeves
 Apply
standard
measurements
for sleeves

WEEK 15-17 Shorts and Elastic pajamas Sun flag materials  Take
trouser Elastic back short White blended poplin measurements
Normal short with Lining fabric
buttoned fly Faster(zip, button,  Draft front and
Normal short with hook& eye) Thread back parts
zipper fly  Practical
Trouser with turn up exercise
hem
 Take
Trouser with plain
hem measurements
 Full length
 Waist Button
width

WEEK 18-20 Mushanana on Sleeveless tops Printed fabrics  Take

mark/fashion Dress tops Nylon materials measurements
Mudaliso
 Draft skirt and
 Fasteners top PEX
Threads  Take
measurements
 Full length of
blouse
 Chest
 Back
 Draft skirt
 Full length
Waist

WEEK 21-24 Sleeveless  Strapped blouses  Satin materials  Take

blouses and party  Strapped dresses  Mix and match measurements
fashions
 Strapless blouses  Kitenge materials  Draft
and dresses(party  Stiff paper measurement
dresses)  Blended poplin  Draft back and
 Fasteners front parts
 Threads  PEX
 Full length
 Burst
 Chest
 Waist
 Hip
 x-back/yoke

WEEK 25-26 Financial  Book keeping  -Business  To record

management consultant  the income
(Entrepreneurship
skills)  -flip charts and
 -marker pens expenditure