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Certificate IV in Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising

  • Certificate

Start a creative career in fashion with this qualification.

Key details

Degree Type
Certificate
Course Code
MST40519, 0100784
Study Mode
In person
Domestic Fees
$12,480 per year / $14,724 total
International Fees
$12,480 per year / $14,724 total

About this course

Start a creative career in fashion with this qualification. This course will immerse you in the dynamic fashion industry by teaching you a range of skills such as fashion design and colour principles, fashion forecasting, technical fashion drawing, fibre and textile investigation and sourcing, and sustainability and ethical production.

You will also learn about the digital technologies for fashion design, patternmaking and grading and how to construct specialist garments.

This course has a supervised work placement in which you can practice the skills you have learnt in an industry setting.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 5.5 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.

  • Completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 10.

Please view Admission requirements for your country of origin.

Study locations

Bentley

Career pathways

Career opportunities
  • Design Assistant
  • Production Machinist
Career opportunities
  • Design Assistant
  • Production Machinist
  • Design Assistant
  • Production Machinist
  • Course structure

    To achieve this qualification, students must demonstrate competency in 25 units. These 25 are comprised of 7 core units and 18 elective units. Elective units listed below have been selected in consultation with industry.

    Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment.

    Core units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • MSMENV272
      Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
    • MSMWHS200
      Work safely
    • MSTFD4006
      Interact and network with fashion industry participants
    • MSTFD4023
      Calculate cost estimates for TCF products
    • MSTGN2013
      Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industry
    • MSTGN2014
      Operate computing technology in a TCF workplace
    Elective units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • MSTCL3001
      Identify fabric performance and handling requirements
    • MSTCL3002
      Prepare and produce a complex whole garment from specifications
    • MSTCL3009
      Develop patterns from a block using basic patternmaking principles
    • MSTFD2005
      Identify design process for fashion designs
    • MSTFD2006 Use a sewing machine for fashion design
    • MSTFD3004 Draw a trade drawing for fashion design
    • MSTFD4001 Apply design studio process
    • MSTFD4002 Apply principles of colour theory to fashion design development
    • MSTFD4003 Assist in preparation of preliminary design concepts
    • MSTFD4010 Create pattern to meet design specifications applying advanced patternmaking principles
    • MSTFD4012 Develop product specifications for fashion design
    • MSTFD4013 Grade 2-D patterns
    • MSTFD4014 Identify influences on contemporary fashion designs and construction techniques
    • MSTFD4015 Create pattern from block to meet customer specifications
    • MSTFD4016 Sew design prototypes
    • MSTFD4020 Use electronic fashion design tools
    • MSTFD4022 Source materials and resources for production of TCF designs
    • MSTFD5024 Evaluate fashion designs against set criteria