Pathway to
Advanced Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles

CRICOS Code: 114613A | National Code: MST50122

Master the art of fashion business and gain skills in consumer analysis, marketing, social media and global supply chains. Learn to plan, develop and release fashion collections with industry-leading training from our experienced fashion team.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Academic Requirements:

• Year 12 or equivalent

English Language Requirements:

• Academic IELTS 6.0 (with no individual band less than 5.5) or equivalent

TAFE NSW makes every effort to ensure your Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) needs are met. The level of support you need may be assessed via a review of your LLN skills with written tasks and a one-on-one interview. If you need to strengthen your LLN skills, an individual training plan will be created with you.

COURSE INTAKES

for 2025

CRICOS Code: 114621A | National Code: MST60122

Develop your management skills with the Advanced Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles. During this course, you'll build on your existing skills and learn to manage the textile production process from start to finish. You'll also get the chance to present your final collection of 10 garments at your end-of-year show.

The TAFE NSW fashion team gives you with the best technical training in the industry because they bring extensive expertise. You'll get access to a range of software to help you manage the entire textile production process. This includes programmes such as Gerber, Lectra, Adobe Creative Cloud and Clo3D.

You'll also use various trend and forecasting websites and consumer analytics software to understand the future direction of the fashion market. Combined, these tech tools will help you complete planning, research and project work, and help you to develop marketing plans and design brief.

Throughout the course, you'll study in both large workrooms and design digital rooms. TAFE NSW's large workrooms have pattern tables and all the latest sewing equipment and machines. Our design digital rooms have pattern digitisers and large Gerber cutters so you can cut your patterns and fabrics.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

PreRequisite:

• Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles (Design and Product Development)

English Language Requirements:

• Academic IELTS 6.0 (with no individual band less than 5.5) or equivalent

TAFE NSW makes every effort to ensure your Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) needs are met. The level of support you need may be assessed via a review of your LLN skills with written tasks and a one-on-one interview. If you need to strengthen your LLN skills, an individual training plan will be created with you.

COURSE INTAKES

for 2024