Textiles, Garments and Related Trades Career Details
About this Career
New workers start at around £10,073. Normal pay is £23,068 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £33,941.
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Greater London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Performs other tasks not elsewhere classified, for example, forms mounts for wigs, makes buttons, shapes hat brims, and staples seams of industrial gloves.
- Shapes and steams fabric into hats or hoods and gives final shape to fibre helmets and felt hats.
- Knits garments and other articles form yarn by machine or by hand.
- Sets up and operates power and hand looms and machines to weave fibre into fabrics and carpets.
- Examines sketches and draws out patterns for the manufacture of garments and upholstery.
- Fills and stuffs cushions, quilts, soft toys and furniture.
- Marks out, cuts and sews corsets, light clothing and hoods and aprons and makes and repairs sails, boat covers and other canvas goods.
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