Material and Apparel Costing

• Fashion Business
• Apparel Design & Product Development
• Industrial Engineering, Quality & Production

• Identify the various factors affecting fabric cost marker utilization for selected styles
• Compute estimated fabric consumption based on given specs and sketch without the use of marker
• Identify other components that affect apparel costs
• Estimate other additional process costs such as embroidery, panel printing and wet processing costs
• Analyse and propose alternatives to reduce apparel costs
• Standard Minute Value (SMV) costing and Cut-make (CM) costing
• Compute the final apparel costs

Singapore/PR Students:

• GCE ‘O’ Level with 3 credits including English and Mathematics OR
• WSQ Advanced Certificate OR
• WSQ ES WPLN Level 5 and above

International Students:

• High School Diploma equivalent to GCE ‘O’ Level with 3 credits including English and Mathematics OR
• Qualifications from professional institutes may be considered on a case-by-case basic OR
• Pass TaF.tc Entrance Test

English Language Requirement –

• Possess a minimum credit in English at GCE ‘O’ Level or its equivalent OR
• IELTS score 4.5 or TOEFL score 450

ALL Students are required to have basic knowledge of computer and Microsoft Office

Students need to be competent or possess equivalent skills and knowledge for the following competencies:
a. WSQ Identify and Analyse Textiles and Processes
b. WSQ Analyse Garment Construction
c. WSQ Interpret Pattern Draft and Sewing Sequence of Apparel

Student must fulfil the following requirements:

• 75% attendance rate of total training hours per module
• Assessed and be competent for every module

• Assistant Merchandisers to Merchandise Managers
• Marketing Executives to Marketing Managers
• Product Development Executives to Managers
• Sourcing Executives to Managers
• QA Auditors, QC Inspectors and QA / QC Managers
• Designers
• Buyers
• Production Supervisors to Managers
• Industrial Engineers, Work Study Officers
• Tailors
• Fashion Entrepreneurs

• Factors affecting fabric costs
• Industrial mathematical methods to compute fabric consumption
• Types and costs of embroidery, panel printing and wet processing
• Components of apparel cost
• Factors affecting apparel production