Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
ProductionAI Impact Assessment
This job may see some changes due to AI, but human skills remain important.
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers with an AI automation risk score of 44%. Analysis includes 16 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
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Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Key Tasks
Create design specifications to provide instructions on garment sewing and assembly.
Create a paper pattern from which to mass-produce a design concept.
Input specifications into computers to assist with pattern design and pattern cutting.
Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes
Draw details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined
Make adjustments to patterns after fittings.
Compute dimensions of patterns according to sizes
Mark samples and finished patterns with information
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data