Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 5
Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Fashion and Textiles (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits240
- Guided learning960 hours
- Units in this qualification50
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Business Practice in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of business practice
- Plan an effective creative enterprise project in art and design
- Produce art and design outcomes for a creative enterprise project
- Evaluate business practice in art and design
CAD/CAM for Fashion and TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use computer aided design (CAD) techniques to design and visualise for fashion and textiles
- Employ computerised systems in fashion and textiles production
- Understand the use of computer technology in the commercial production of fashion and textiles
- Understand how technological developments can be applied within the fashion and textile industry
Clothing Manufacture Production OperationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the systems currently used in the clothing industry for both pattern and garment production
- Understand the costing and purchasing systems currently used in the clothing industry
- Understand the merits of the different production systems currently used in the clothing industry
- Produce an evaluative report based on research and analysis
Communication with Images in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of visual imagery in different cultures and sub-cultures
- Understand the use of sequencing to communicate with a series of images
- Communicate meaning and messages and information using images
- Produce visual imagery aimed at different audiences
Concepts for Costume DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of the costume designer
- Use text analysis to drive research and inform development of design concepts
- Generate design ideas from research and in response to a brief
- Develop draft design concepts for presentation
Contextual and Cultural Referencing in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake in depth research
- Understand the influences on art and design activities and outcomes through the interpretation and analysis of information
- Assess, interpret and evaluate information
- Evaluate and present conclusions
Costume Production for Performing ArtsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Translate designs into working costumes for performance
- Develop and utilise skills for the production of costume designs
- Work as part of a wardrobe team
- Manage the running of a costume wardrobe
Costume RealisationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply research in the development of draft costume designs through to the final solution
- Understand how to translate final designs into working costumes through a commercial brief
- Develop sampling skills in preparation for construction of costume designs
- Evaluate final costume designs
Critical Study in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the historical evolution and visual characteristics of the work of artists and designers
- Understand and apply appropriate methods of research and analysis
- Apply the influences of historical, contemporary and contextual factors to own practice
- Synthesise research and present a professional and personal written study
Cultural Understanding in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research and utilise data as reference for contemporary fashion trends
- Understand the effects of cultural and global influences on contemporary fashion
- Understand the role of fashion personnel within a contemporary context
- Produce a body of research-based work
Design Application in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse and evaluate the influence of contemporary design
- Understand the roles of the design, marketing, promotion and production processes within the fashion industry
- Research and synthesise design trends
- Apply conceptual, creative and visual skills to a targeted brief
Design Application in TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research and synthesise diverse creative source material for a specific theme or product
- Understand the application of textiles materials, techniques and processes
- Evaluate a range of possible outcomes and plan design solutions
- Develop and produce final outcomes to a set brief and timescale
Design Exploration in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore and experiment with the formal elements of fashion design and imaging
- Understand and interpret visual research
- Produce personal visual solutions through creative application of media
Design Exploration in TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Explore the principles of textile design through experimentation with materials and media
- Analyse research sources and apply findings to creative textile design
- Apply formal design elements to the creative development process
- Apply and evaluate trend influences in contemporary textile design
Design Research in TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research and analyse client needs and market trends to inform textile solutions
- Research and adapt original ideas and concepts to trend forecasts in a commercial context
- Synthesise, apply and evaluate information from a diverse range of sources
- Generate a personal style in creative visual communication and textile realisation
Design for Performing ArtsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use source materials to inform designs
- Develop and communicate workable designs suitable for production
- Manipulate materials and processes to meet specified design requirements
- Understand how to organise and manage design for the performance environment
Drawing Techniques and Processes in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to analyse the use of drawing media, materials and techniques
- Use drawing techniques and processes creatively
- Extend visual language
- Evaluate work for further development.
Employability SkillsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Determine own responsibilities and performance
- Develop interpersonal and transferable skills
- Understand the dynamics of working with others
- Develop a strategy for solving a problem
Experimental Constructed TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the properties and characteristics of materials and processes for constructed textiles
- Collect source materials and carry out preparatory processes
- Produce a portfolio of work to meet creative intentions
- Assess and refine own work to meet design intentions and functional requirements
Experimental Embroidered TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the properties and characteristics of materials and processes for embroidered textiles
- Collect source materials and carry out preparatory processes
- Produce a portfolio of work to meet creative intentions
- Assess and refine own work to meet design intentions and functional requirements
Experimental Printed TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the properties and characteristics of materials and processes for printed textile
- Collect source materials and carry out preparatory processes
- Produce a portfolio of work to meet creative intentions
- Assess and refine own work to meet design intentions and functional requirements
Fashion Collection RealisationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Design and produce a collection to a self-initiated theme
- Apply market trends and contextual research to inform personal design solutions
- Synthesise and evaluate knowledge, understanding and skills to realise a final collection
- Present own work to a professional standard and critically evaluate finished results
Fashion PhotographyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand contextual influences in fashion photography
- Present a creative strategy for a fashion shoot to a set brief
- Produce fashion photography to a set brief
- Evaluate own fashion photography work
Fashion Promotion and MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure and component parts of the fashion promotion industry.
- Research and analyse promotional strategies and campaign planning techniques used in the fashion industry.
- Plan and execute a self-initiated promotional campaign for a fashion-related product or service.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of own promotional strategies and identify areas for improvement.
Fashion and Textiles Materials UnderstandingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Exploit the properties of natural, man- made and sheet materials in their application to fashion and textiles products
- Understand the different systems of fabric manufacture and how these affect properties and characteristics
- Apply testing methods to assess textile performance in textile and garment production
- Understand the relationship between properties of fibres, fabrics and processing methods, garment construction and the need for economically efficient manufacturing costing
Fine Art Digital ApplicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the use of digital applications
- Explore digital applications
- Produce digital work that confirms creative intentions
- Evaluate own digital work
Garment ManufactureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a finished sample garment
- Use equipment and technologies for garment manufacture
- Produce a capsule collection of finished garments
- Understand the use of manufacturing equipment and technologies in creating and presenting a capsule collection
Ideas Generation and Development in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Exploit idea-generating techniques
- Implement complex ideas visually
- Express ideas using visual techniques
- Understand the cultural contexts in which ideas are visually transmitted
Ideas in ContextReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Independently generate ideas to fulfil complex visual arts objectives
- Devise complex ideas to suit specific art and design applications
- Work with others in generating, developing and communicating ideas
- Plan and design a presentation and communicate ideas
Interior DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Manipulate interior environments to meet design requirements
- Respond to the aesthetic and functional requirements of an interior design brief
- Employ technical processes to respond to an interior design brief
- Understand how to operate as a professional interior designer
Jewellery, Accessories and Body AdornmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the visual, tactile and decorative characteristics of jewellery materials
- Create a portfolio of development work
- Respond to design requirements
- Understand professional practice in jewellery making
Lens-based Recording Techniques in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of lens-based recording techniques
- Use lens-based equipment
- Apply visual language in lens-based work
- Produce lens-based work
Management of the Design and Production ProcessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce solutions using visual and communication skills
- Prepare a project and work to a realistic schedule
- Work in a team and manage the production process
- Understand how to improve the creative production process
Managing A Creative BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structures of small businesses in the arts sector
- Understand sources of funding and support available to small businesses
- Apply financial administration techniques important to small business enterprises
- Understand management issues relevant to small business enterprises
Millinery and HeaddressesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Use traditional millinery techniques and materials
- Use contemporary materials and construction techniques
- Understand how to research in order to inform design development.
- Select and apply millinery techniques to realise design concepts
Pattern Construction in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply creative and accurate pattern cutting skills to original designs
- Apply the processes of pattern grading
- Use specialist processes to meet requirements
- Evaluate own pattern cutting and grading skills applied to original designs
Pattern Drafting in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create and use a set of basic blocks
- Apply skills in dart and seam manipulation
- Produce a full scale pattern from creative designs and working drawings
- Apply principles of form, shape, cut and proportion to a full scale pattern
Production Techniques in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Select and use industrial standard equipment in the development of manufacturing skills
- Construct a calico toile for a selected garment
- Produce a professionally manufactured garment
- Understand the use of industrial equipment and the finished garment
Professional Practice in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Place themselves and their work in the context of their selected discipline
- Understand their specialist area and the career opportunities available
- Develop and present a professional portfolio in an appropriate format
- Understand how to promote themselves and their work professionally
References and Sources in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Research visual information from different sources
- Understand the application of visual information in different applications and contexts
- Manipulate visual imagery to convey ideas and messages
- Understand the different contexts for production, manipulation and application of imagery.
Research ProjectReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to formulate a research specification
- Implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification
- Evaluate the research outcomes
- Present the research outcomes
Research and Development for Fashion DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to develop and extend the design process through experimental ideas and applications
- Present research analysis to client groups
- Extend and apply skills in fashion forecasting and analysis
- Synthesise and critically evaluate experimentation in personal creative practice
Specialist Textiles Techniques and ProcessesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply research in producing textiles to meet specific requirements
- Utilise specialist machinery and equipment for textile production
- Understand theoretical principles relating to textile techniques and production
- Assess and refine own work to meet design briefs and functional requirements
Techniques and Processes in FashionReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply pattern construction processes to interpret garment designs
- Apply garment manufacturing processes to interpret garment designs
- Use technologies and associated equipment for pattern construction and garment production
- Understand the relationship between design research and development, pattern cutting and garment manufacturing processes
Techniques and Processes in TextilesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce samples for original designs using selected textile equipment
- Develop and extend working processes in the interpretation of textile designs
- Demonstrate a theoretical and practical knowledge of textile properties and techniques
- Understand the technical and creative potential of technologies and processesprocesses used in textile design developments
Textile Collection RealisationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to use research to inform design intentions
- Produce a body of development work to meet creative intentions
- Realise creative intentions
- Understand how to present textile design solutions
Textile Manufacture Production OperationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the geographic, historic, economic and ecological significance of fibre production
- Understand the systems and manufacturing processes relating to natural and man-made fibre and fabric production
- Research and evaluate production and operating methods relevant to selected specialist areas
- Understand varying manufacturing operations and their respective production strategies
Visual Communication in Art and DesignReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Communicate ideas and concepts by researching visual techniques
- Select visual communication techniques to realise creative intentions
- Produce work which demonstrates the use of visual communication
- Understand the potential for personal development through the application of new approaches to visual communication.
Visual and Personal PresentationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand visual and personal presentation formats in art and design
- Plan a presentation to meet specific requirements
- Use materials, media and techniques to present design work
- Evaluate own visual and personal presentation
Work-based ExperienceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Negotiate industry experience
- Understand the specific requirements of the placement
- Undertake work experience as identified
- Monitor and evaluate own performance and learning
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Where these credits take you
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- Analyse and assess fibres and fabric structures used in technical textiles
- Analyse and assess the fire and heat resistance of materials for technical textile applications
- Analyse and assess the wear and durability of textile fabrics
- Analyse and develop the breathability of textile materials
- Apply Fabric Knowledge
- Clean costumes used in a production
- Create Novel Ideas for Future Interactions Inspired by Learning and Goal Setting Activities
- Design footwear and leather goods using CAD systems
Where this can lead
Senior Fashion Marketing Specialist
Your journey here is what you make it. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support for you to grow, whether that's becoming a deep specialist, a team leader, or eventually shaping the strategic direction of our entire brand. It's an exciting path, and we're keen to help you forge it.
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What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Fashion and Textiles (QCF)
50 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Business Practice in Art and Design
- CAD/CAM for Fashion and Textiles
- Clothing Manufacture Production Operations
- Communication with Images in Art and Design
- Concepts for Costume Design
- Contextual and Cultural Referencing in Art and Design
and 44 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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