Title: Textiles & Fashion T Level
Pathway: Creative & Design
Available Study Options:
Full Time
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This T Level course aims is to prepare students for progression to employment or further study in the occupational specialism of textiles and fashion. Students will have 80% in college and 20% on the job with a significant Fashion industry placement included in the course.
The content of the course builds students knowledge of the Creative industries and the skills and knowledge required to be a competent and effective employee or to become self employed. Projects will see students develop their technical garment making skills in this subject using processes, materials using processes, tools and techniques related to Textiles and Fashion. Students will also understand how to interpret data and information to analyse create solutions in the context of the Creative industries.
Learning will be a blend of theoretical learning with practical application through Creative projects, employer briefs and exciting challenges that will inspire and encourage students to build a portfolio of garments, textiles and design work. Students will be using their independence, analytical and critical reflective skills to research and develop their ideas and outcomes using traditional and innovative technology. Exciting project themes will encourage students to become sustainable practitioners with a sound understanding of business practice. Students will gain an understanding of the behaviours required to become a success in the Design industry.
Assessment involves externally set projects where students will ask student develop a substantial body of work in response to an employer set brief. Occupational specialist assignments will ask students to research, develop and reflect on other practitioners and the industry to create their own fashion designs and outcomes. The first year sees students complete two written examinations based on the core content. The exams will ask students to demonstrate, apply and analyse their knowledge and their understanding of the creative and design/craft and design sector, using written and mathematical application. A successful industry placement will support a student learning and competence concerning business practice and the expectations and wider considerations that are an integral part of the commercial creative design industry.
Students can progress to entry roles, apprenticeships in the Textiles and Fashion industry. They can also progress to related higher education courses and higher technical qualifications.
Entry Level Courses:
Skills for Life & Work/Preparing for Adulthood
No formal qualifications are required
for this course.
These courses are specifically designed for learners with a Special Educational
Need (SEND).
Entry Level: Skills & Employability
No formal qualifications are required
for this course.
Full Time ESOL (English
for Speakers of Other Languages)
No formal qualifications are required for this course.
Full Time GCSE Re-sit Study
Course
GCSE Grade 2 or 3 in Maths and
English and / or Sciences.
Full Time Level 1 Course
No formal qualifications are required
for this course.
Full Time Level 2 Course
4 GCSEs at grade 3 or Vocational Level 1 in relevant subject area.
*GCSE Grade 4 or above in Maths is required for the courses below:
Accounting
Electrical
Plumbing
Full time Level 3 Course
5 GCSEs at Grade 4-9 including English or Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 English or Maths will be accepted).
OR
Vocational Level 2 plus Grade 4-9 GCSE English or Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 English or Maths will be accepted).
*A Vocational Level 2 is required for the following courses:
Accounting
All Construction Subjects
Hair & Beauty Subjects
Applied Science
T Levels
5 GCSEs at Grade 4-9 including English and Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths will be accepted).
* Health T Levels require GCSE Grade 4 in Science.
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