What do they do?
Sew, join, reinforce, or finish, usually with needle and thread, a variety of manufactured items. Includes weavers and stitchers.
Also known as:
Alteration Specialist, Couturier, Custom Clothier, Custom Designer, Custom Seamstress, Designer, Seamstress
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- Less than high school diploma (24%)
- Some college, no degree (18%)
- Bachelor's degree (16%)
- Associate's degree (8%)
- Master's degree (3%)
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (<1%)
Most Popular Majors that prepare Sewers, Hand
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People in this career often know a lot about:
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
People in this career often do these activities:
- Sew clothing or other articles.
- Trim excess material from workpieces.
- Select production input materials.
- Design templates or patterns.
- Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
- Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
- Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
- Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.
- Assemble garments or textile products.
- Attach decorative or functional accessories to products.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 28.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
Videos: CareerOneStop, USDOL/ETA and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
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