Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers

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Job Outlook:

None

Education: None

Salary

High: $54,080.00

Average: $37,230.00

Hourly

Average: $17.90

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

Measure parts, such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		78%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		76%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		76%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		72%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		71%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		70%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		69%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		69%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		68%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		66%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		65%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		65%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		64%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
		63%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		60%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		56%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		95%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		56%	Achievement - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
		56%	Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
		56%	Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		72%	Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
		72%	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.
		72%	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.
		69%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		66%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		63%	Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
		53%	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.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.

Sew clothing or other articles.

Operate sewing equipment.

Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.

Sew clothing or other articles.

Operate sewing equipment.

Repair textiles or apparel.

Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.

Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.

Sew clothing or other articles.

Repair textiles or apparel.

Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.

Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.

Trim excess material from workpieces.

Design templates or patterns.

Sew clothing or other articles.

Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.

Record operational or production data.

Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.

Repair textiles or apparel.

Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.

Cut fabrics.

Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.

Sew clothing or other articles.

Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		96%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		88%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		88%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		85%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		84%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		78%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		76%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
		75%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		73%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		71%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		71%	Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting?
		70%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		69%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		68%	Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
		67%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		65%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
		65%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		63%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		56%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		54%	Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
		54%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		61%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		71%	Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
		64%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
		64%	Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
		58%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		56%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		55%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
		54%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		51%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Getting Started

Education:

58%

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

17%

Less than a High School Diploma

Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started