53125 Patternmakers - textile, leather and fur products

What this occupation covers

Patternmakers in textile, leather and fur products create master patterns for the production of garments, footwear and other textile, leather or fur products. They are employed by pattern manufacturers, textile, leather or fur products manufacturers, or they may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Examine sketches, samples of articles and specifications of designs to determine number, size and shape of pattern parts and assess the amount of cloth required to make a product
• Draw, lay out and cut master patterns of products
• Outline parts of patterns on paper and mark patterns to indicate details such as the placement of pockets and pleats on garments, decorative stitching on shoe parts or eyelets on canvas products
• Create pattern size variations from master patterns using computer or drafting instruments, or forward patterns to computer operator to create pattern size variations
• Lay out master patterns on fabric and cut sample patterns
• Mark size, identification, style and sewing instructions on sample patterns.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 6 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 92015 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing (See 92015 Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

canvas goods maker · canvas goods pattern designer and patternmaker · canvas layer-out - textile products · canvas pattern designer · canvas patternmaker · cartoon embroidery enlarger · digitizer operator - textile, leather and fur products · doper - fabric products · doper and marker · dress patternmaker · embroidery patternmaker · fur garment patternmaker · fur patternmaker · fur products patternmaker · garment patternmaker · last-pattern grader · layer-out and patternmaker · lay-out and patternmaker · leather products patternmaker · men's and women's wear patternmaker · modifier and lay-out marker · modifier and marker · pattern designer and patternmaker - textile, leather and fur products · pattern grader

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• College courses in design and patternmaking or One to two years of on-the-job training are required.
• Courses in computer-assisted patternmaking may be required.