Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

• Alteration Tailor
• Corset Fitter
• Custom Tailor
• Dressmaker
• Furrier
• Garment Fitter
• Hat Trimmer
• Sample Stitcher
• Shop Tailor
• Shop Tailor Apprentice
• Tailor Apprentice, Alteration
• Tailor Apprentice, Custom
• Wardrobe-Specialty Worker

• Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
• Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.
• Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.
• Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• 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.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.
• Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.
• Put in padding and shaping materials.
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons in order to finish garments.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Trim excess material, using scissors.

• alter and fit garments
• confer with customer to determine material or garment style desired
• consult with customers concerning needs
• cut or trim fabric or leather
• design tailored garments
• estimate materials or labor requirements
• examine garment fit on customer or cast member
• fabricate tailored garments
• maintain production or work records
• measure customer for size
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• operate sewing machine
• operate steam press
• press garment or fabric
• read production layouts
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• recognize characteristics of cloth or fabric
• repair tears or defects in fabrics, garments, or leather products
• sew by hand
• use garment construction techniques
• use hand iron
• use hand or power tools
• use portable electric fabric cutter