fashion design courses

Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Technology


Course Description:

Fashion Design is a landmark course for the Academy of Design. This includes the NRA Australian Fashion Design Awards, Australian Wool Awards, Flair Awards and many more making us one of the countries leading education trainers in fashion design. We have a primary focus on design & product development, innovation and designing to international trends and forecasting. We also continue our focus on growing technology within the industry with job diversity and job outcome as a primary objective. Training fashion within the leading creative fields such as Graphic Arts, Photography and Makeup provides exciting opportunities for our students with networking, producing excellent portfolios & exposing them to diverse areas of the fashion and related industries. The Advanced program introduces more fashion business, marketing and developing ranges there are industry ready, you will get to create two mini collections within the Advanced program and extend your skills and readiness for the fashion industry. Fashion Design is a landmark course for the Academy of Design. We have been training Fashion Design since 2002 and have won awards in almost every major design competition in the country. This includes the NRA Australian Fashion Design Awards, Australian Wool Awards, Flair Awards and many more making us one of the countries leading education trainers in fashion design. We have a primary focus on design & product development, innovation and designing to international trends and forecasting. We also continue our focus on growing technology within the industry with job diversity and job outcome as a primary objective. Training fashion within the leading creative fields such as Graphic Arts, Photography and Makeup provides exciting opportunities for our students with networking, producing excellent portfolios & exposing them to diverse areas of the fashion and related industries.



The study program and curriculum has been designed to include:

  1. Application of the design process
  2. Professional presentation and portfolio development
  3. Project planning; negotiating the brief; managing client relationships
  4. Application of print design and colour
  5. Pattern making
  6. Marketing, styling, illustration
  7. Garment construction
  8. Costing practices and pricing constraints
  9. Critiquing, reflecting and articulating the design problem, process and solutions
  10. Design research methodologies; visualising research
  11. Program management, including client liaison
  12. History of design practice, research culture and theory
  13. Grading
  14. Problem-solving; concept development and testing
  15. Technical knowledge: techniques, processes and materials
  16. Garment construction
  17. Ideas generation
  18. CAD grading
  19. Production practices
  20. Business and even extend their skills in pre-press and catalogue / brochure production


Vocational Outcome:

  1. Designer working for an employer or self-interest
  2. Employed in the areas of – design & product development
  3. Merchandiser
  4. Stylist
  5. Part of fashion workroom team
  6. Fashion events coordinator
  7. Fashion magazine or advertising
  8. Fashion agent
  9. Brochure and marketing material designer
  10. Fashion shoot coordinator
  11. Patternmaker


Course Units:

  • LMTFD4012B Develop product specifications for fashion design
  • LMTFD6008B Apply studio processes to create and produce designs for commercial production
  • LMTFD5018B Determine and specify advanced construction processes
  • LMTFD5006B Evaluate fashion designs against set criteria
  • LMTGN5001B Participate in production planning processes
  • LMTFD5009B Cost design production (P)
  • LMTFD5010B Develop and present design concepts with specific guidelines
  • LMTGN2009B Operate computing technology in a textiles, clothing and footwear workplace
  • LMT5005B Manipulate fabric to give new finishes
  • LMTFD5008B Conduct Fashion design purchasing


OVERSEAS APPLICANTS:
Overseas students require one of the following scores in a language proficiency test: IELTS 5.5; TOEFL 195 ;( Computer Based); TOEFL 530 ;( Paper Based); TOEIC 700

You are eligible for enrolment if you:
Completed year 10 level at secondary school OR completed year 12 or higher OR mature age entry with portfolio of work showing special creative application relevant to the industry.

International Students must be 18 years of age or over

2012 Term ScheduleDownload 2012 Term Schedule

Study Options:

Full time course

National Code:
LMT50307
CRICOS Course Code:
068583K
Duration:
36 weeks of 4 Terms (following college school holiday schedule)/ 18 hours per week (first 2 Terms is Certificate IV level)
Time table:
3-4 days a week (This is face-to-face hours and does not include any external/ on-line training components)
Intake:

  • 13th February 2012
  • 16th July 2012