Seamstress

Job description / Role

• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Sew clothing or other articles.
• Operate sewing equipment.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pinfold alteration lines.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• Sew clothing or other articles.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Sew clothing or other articles.
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• Mark products, work pieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• Repair textiles or apparel.
• Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.
• Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.
• Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
• Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
• Trim excess material, using scissors.
• Trim excess material from work pieces.
• Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
• Design templates or patterns.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.
• Record operational or production data.
• Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
• Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
• Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
• Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
• Cut fabrics.
• Position patterns on equipment, materials, or work pieces.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.
• Put in padding and shaping materials.
• Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.

Requirements

• On-the-job training; fashion certificate programs

Work Experience
• 10-15 years in a comparable position, with a record of advancement and growth at progressively more responsible levels, preferably with an established international company, or private organization.
• Couture house trained

Skills & Competances
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• English and Arabic language proficiency

About the Company

A Leading Group of Companies in the UAE.