Short Courses / Folio Preparation Programs

The School of Fashion and Textiles offers a comprehensive range of Short Courses and Folio Preparation Programs catering for your personal and professional requirements.

Listed below are programs on offer during 2008. Click on programs of interest for information on dates, times, costs and content.

• Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for Fashion and Textile Industry - Introduction
• Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for Fashion and Textile Industry - Intermediate
• Bag Making – Gusseted Hand Bag
• Bag Making – Tote Bag
• Basic Adobe Illustrator for Fashion and Textile Industry
• Designing and Making Footwear by Hand
• Folio Preparation in Fashion Drawing and Fashion Design
• Folio Preparation in Fashion Drawing and Fashion Design - Intensive
• Folio Preparation in Studio Textiles and Design – Intensive
• Gerber – Introduction
• Global Production Management for the Fashion Industry (GPM)
• Global Quality Management for the Fashion Industry (GQM)
• Hand Sketching, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for Footwear Design
• Introduction to Bag Making – Clutch Bag
• Introduction to Grading and Basic Block Construction (Patternmaking)
• Lectra - Introduction
• Mosaic – Beginners
• Pattern Cutting, and Upper and Bottom Grading for Footwear
• Patternmaking
• Principles of Dyeing and Printing
• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop for Fashion and Textile Industry
• Basic Adobe Photoshop for Fashion and Textile Industry
• Product Knowledge Workshops in Footwear
• Product Knowledge Workshops in Textiles
• Sewing
• Fascinating Fashion
• Patternmaking Concepts 1
• Design Concepts 1
• Designing and Producing Beading for Fashion
• Leading and Managing New Product Development (NPD)

If you require further information on any of these Short Courses, contact the Short Course and Enterprise Training Unit on (03) 9925 9161.

To enroll, contact RMIT Training on (03) 9925 8111 or 1800 067 117. Online enrolments can be made at http://shortcourses.rmit.edu.au

For more information about:

• Customised Industry Training
• Folio Preparation

Customised Industry Training

The School of Fashion and Textiles Short Courses Unit provides customised training programs for companies, organisations or enterprises. These convenient courses, with tailor-made delivery options, are designed to meet specific training and educational requirements.

If you require customised enterprise-based training, contact, Jack Roosenboom on (03) 9925 9115. Tailor-made courses are developed to meet the specific training needs of your organisation. Delivery times, charges, location, content and duration are all negotiable.

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Folio Preparation

The School of Fashion and Textiles has an extensive range of Folio Preparation short courses. The courses are conducted at the City and Brunswick Campuses at a range of times to suit both secondary students and mature age participants – during school holidays, on Saturdays and weeknights.

These courses are for Year 11, Year 12 and mature age students who wish to enhance the folios they are preparing for entry into TAFE or university courses. Participants gain valuable insights into the industry, course and selection procedures related to their chosen field of study.

Towards the end of the year many of these Folio Preparation Courses fill rapidly as students rush to prepare folios for course admission. To avoid the disappointment of not gaining a place in the course of your choice we recommend choosing an earlier program wherever possible.

Secondary school students are advised to undertake their Folio Preparation course early in their studies – during Year 11, or during the first half of Year 12. Students who do this are often able to apply the techniques learnt in the course to their schoolwork and so continue to enhance their folio content over time.

Note that participation in a Folio Preparation short course is no guarantee of acceptance into any RMIT program.

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