Dressmaking-Alterations
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Dressmaking-Alterations Certificate Program prepares students for entry-level employment as a professional in the fields of dressmaker, garment construction, fit and alterations specialist. The program requires the student to complete 36 units of required courses.
Dressmaking-Alterations Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,040
- High salary: 194,530
- Average salary: 80190
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,580
- High salary: 133,180
- Average salary: 77280
Farm and Home Management Educators
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 36,780
- High salary: 85,230
- Average salary: 58120
All Careers in Dressmaking-Alterations (4)
| Fashion Designers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Stable | 80,690 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 80,190 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Assess and apply skills to alter and fit a commercial sewing pattern to a customer's body measurements.
- Create an individual muslin fitting garment by using pattern blocks to analyze the fit on a customer.
- Demonstrate appropriate alterations and fitting techniques to solve fitting issues/problems in clothing.