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Costume Attendants - 39-3092.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Dresser
  • Wardrobe Supervisor
  • Costume Designer
  • Costume Shop Manager
  • Costume Seamstress
  • Wardrobe Assistant
  • Costume Cutter
  • Costume Draper
  • Costumer
  • Wardrobe Attendant

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
  • Assign lockers to employees, and maintain locker rooms, dressing rooms, wig rooms, and costume storage and laundry areas.
  • Care for non-clothing items such as flags, table skirts, and draperies.
  • Check the appearance of costumes on-stage and under lights in order to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
  • Clean and press costumes before and after performances, and perform any minor repairs.
  • Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, and other production staff in order to discuss and execute costume design details.
  • Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, and costume checks.
  • Design and construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
  • Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals and performances.
  • Distribute costumes and related equipment, and keep records of item status.
  • Examine costume fit on cast members, and sketch or write notes for alterations.
  • Inventory stock in order to determine types and conditions of available costuming.
  • Monitor, maintain, and secure inventories of costumes, wigs, and makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, and wardrobe mistresses/masters.
  • Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision of alteration workers.
  • Provide assistance to cast members in wearing costumes, or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
  • Provide managers with budget recommendations, and take responsibility for budgetary line items related to costumes, storage, and makeup needs.
  • Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes and other wardrobe necessities.
  • Recommend vendors and monitor their work.
  • Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.
  • Review scripts or other production information in order to determine a story's locale and period, as well as the number of characters and required costumes.
  • Study books, pictures, and examples of period clothing in order to determine styles worn during specific periods in history.

Detailed Work Activities

  • alter and fit garments
  • assess script quality
  • assign work to staff or employees
  • cut or trim fabric or leather
  • design tailored garments
  • determine locale or period of story
  • determine styles worn during historical period
  • direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
  • estimate materials or labor requirements
  • examine garment fit on customer or cast member
  • fabricate tailored garments
  • inventory stock to ensure adequate supplies
  • measure customer for size
  • measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • operate laundering or dry cleaning equipment
  • operate sewing machine
  • order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
  • press garment or fabric
  • purchase or rent costumes or accessories
  • recognize characteristics of cloth or fabric
  • repair tears or defects in fabrics, garments, or leather products
  • retrieve or place goods from/into storage
  • review script to determine costumes required
  • sew by hand
  • study examples of period clothing
  • use garment construction techniques
  • use hand or power tools
  • use portable electric fabric cutter

Military Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Wardrobe Supervisor

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Costumer
  • Wardrobe Supervisor