The UKFT Production Sewing Machinist (PSM) Programme has been updated since the first launch in 2024, and now includes a separate health, safety and sustainability course, an industrial cover stitch machine option, introduction to the Sewing Machinist Apprenticeship and fashion and textiles qualifications.
This structured syllabus is designed to deliver the skills and understanding required by industrial sewers, from safe and sustainable working practices to quality and speed. The programme has proven to develop the confidence, competence and capacity of new recruits, enabling them to join a production team with the right foundation skills, and quickly achieve quality and quantity targets.
The eight courses within the programme can be undertaken separately or collectively, with UKFT certification awarded following successful completion of assessments.
Please note; The courses are currently available offline only.
The programme can be taken as a whole or as individual courses:
- The role of a production machinist
- Industrial machines
- Industrial sewing
- The sewing machinist apprenticeship standard
- Quality and quantity
- Fabric and materials
- Employability and workplace procedures
- Health, safety and sustainability
Full programme for non-apprentices (ELH 136) £350, with a 5% discount for the purchase of the full package (£332+VAT)
Full programme for apprentices (152 ELH) £385, with a 5% discount for the purchase of the full package (£365+ VAT)
UKFT MEMBER DISCOUNTS: 10% plus an additional 10% for those registering over five learners
Each course consists of several lessons with estimated learning hours (ELH)
COURSE 1: The Role of a Production Sewing Machinist (£30.00 +VAT) 8 ELH
1.1 Your Industry
1.2 Production processes
1.3 Your role and responsibilities
1.4 Your working environment
1..5 Industry insights
COURSE 2: Industrial Sewing Machines (£60.00 +VAT) 24 ELH
2.1 Lockstitch Machine: Purpose and features
2.2 Lockstitch Machine: Threading
2.3 Lockstitch Machine: Settings & adjustments
2.4 Lockstitch Machine: Change needle
2.5 Lockstitch Machine: Maintenance
2.6 Overlocker: Purpose and features
2.7 Overlocker: Threading
2.8 Overlocker: Maintenance
2.9 Overlocker Change needle
2.10 Machine Needles
2.11 Cover stitch Machine: Purpose and features (optional)
2.12 Cover stitch Machine: Threading (optional)
2.13 Cover stitch Machine: Settings & adjustments (optional)
2.14 Cover stitch Machine: Change needle (optional)
2.15 Cover stitch Machine: Maintenance (optional)
2.16 Work aids and attachments (optional)
COURSE 3: Industrial Sewing (£125.00 +VAT) 48 ELH
3.1 Skills Challenge: Continuous loop
3.2 Skills Challenge: Machine control
3.3 Skills Challenge: Stop & sew
3.4 Skills Challenge: Back tack
3.5 Skills Challenge: Hems
3.6 Skills Challenge: Overlock
3.7 Skills Challenge: Seam alignment
3.8 Skills Challenge: Sew & turn
3.9 Skills Challenge: Change direction
3.10 Skills Challenge: Curved sew
3.11 Skills Challenge: Bundle sew
3.12 Skills Challenge: Cover stitch hems
3.13 Seam and stitch types
COURSE 4: Quality and Quantity (£35.00 +VAT) 16 ELH
4.1 Quality standards
4.2 Quantity requirements
4.3 Manufacturing faults & tolerances
4.4 Work records and documentation
COURSE 5: Fabric and Materials (£30 + VAT) 8 ELH
5.1 Fabric types
5.2 Fabric handling
5.3 Fabric and material faults
5.4 Thread types
COURSE 6: Employability and workplace procedures (£35 +VAT) 16 ELH
6.1 What is Employability
6.2 Employment rights and responsibilities (ERR)
6.3 Workplace policies and procedures
6.4 Workplace grievance and disciplinary procedures
6.5 Workplace Relationships
COURSE 7: *The Sewing Machinist Apprenticeship & Qualifications (£30.00 +VAT) 16 ELH
7.1 Sewing Machinist Apprenticeship & Qualifications (overview)
7.2 Sewing Machinist Apprenticeship Criteria
7.3 Sewing Machinist Apprenticeship Criteria Assessment
7.4 SEG Awards Fashion & Textiles Qualifications Criteria
7.5 SEG Awards Fashion & Textiles Qualifications Assessment
(This course is designed for those on the Level 2 Sewing Machinist National Apprenticeship programme or SEG Awards fashion and textiles qualifications only)
COURSE 8: Health, safety and sustainability (£35 + VAT) 16 ELH
8.1 Workplace health, safety and sustainability
8.2 Rules and regulations
8.3 Compliance
8.4 Best practice
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia.thornley@ukft.org
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