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Job Details

Dress Patternmaker

Employer

Altered Gown

Date Posted

September 19, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Red Deer, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 23, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Altered Gown

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Garment manufacturing company
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
  • Dressmaking shop

Tasks

  • Draw, lay out and cut master pattern of product
  • Create pattern size variations from master patterns using computer or drafting instruments
  • Lay out master pattern on fabric and cut sample pattern
  • Estimate the amount of material of fabric required to make a product
  • Examine sketches, samples of articles and specifications of designs to determine number, size and shape of pattern parts and assess the amount of cloth required to make a product
  • Mark size, identification, style and sewing instructions on sample patterns
  • Outline parts of patterns on paper and mark patterns to indicate details such as the placement of pockets and pleats on garments, decorative stitching on shoe parts or eyelets on canvas products

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • AutoCAD
  • MS Office

Transportation/travel information

Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Excellent oral communication

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend

Health benefits

  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Dress Patternmaker is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products
INNOVATIVE

Interest in creating pattern size variations from master patterns

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to outline parts of patterns on paper and indicate details such as pockets, pleats and decorative stitching; and in marking size, identification, style, sewing instructions and other information on sample patterns

OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working with computer and drafting instruments to create pattern size variations

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