Skills
41 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
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Essential skills / competences
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
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Overview
Tailors design, make, fit, alter and repair made-to-measure or hand-made garments using textiles, light leather, fur and other clothing materials.
In job descriptions, look for body measurements, size charts, pattern making, fabric cutting, garment fitting, alterations, sewing machines, finished measurements and quality checks.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Tailor work happens around measurements, cloth and fit. The tailor discusses the garment brief, takes body measurements, drafts or adapts patterns, cuts fabric and adjusts the piece through fittings.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes fabric properties, pattern grading, made-to-measure construction, alterations, buttonholes, pressing, sewing-machine handling and the ability to judge finished measurements against the customer brief.
Salary context
Salary context depends on garment complexity, fitting responsibility, handwork quality, speed, client contact, whether the role covers design as well as alterations and the value of the materials handled.
Career paths
Development can move toward bespoke tailoring, alterations leadership, costume or menswear specialization, pattern making, small workshop ownership, garment quality control or digital fitting and CAD-based garment work.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the garment type, fitting process, fabric range, pattern work, alteration volume, production pace, machinery, customer contact and expectations for final inspection.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters (7531)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/978ae3a2-0831-415a-8396-b84dde656fc5 |
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| ESCO code | 7531.5 |
| ISCO group | 7531 |
| Concept type | Occupation |