Tailoring and Dressmaking Instructor at Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust

Tailoring and Dressmaking Jobs Responsibilities

Train students in Tailoring and Dressmaking and prepare them for formal examinations/trade test as well as take part in any garment making production activities.

• Training
• Develop Schemes of work, lesson plans and Course Outlines and implement Tailoring and Dressmaking Curriculum.
  Provide counseling to the students, address their disciplinary issues and assist in Conflict Resolution.
• Prepare the students for their final examination and facilitate internal examinations.
• Ensure all qualified students are registered for exams and accompany students to the examination center whenever called to.
• Ensure that the institutions values and principles are communicated to the students and their caregivers.
• Ensure the students participate in all relevant organizations activities.
• Arrange for students attachment and placement and conduct attachment field assessment visits when scheduled.
• Keep daily attendance registers for the students as well as filing examination records.

Economic Mentoring to Students

• Train and mentor students to acquire skills in developing items for sale and ensure self-sufficiency.
• Facilitate students to meet production deadlines and relevant targets.
• Train the students on how to deal with possible clients so as to enable them have competitive advantage.
• Train the students on how to determine prices of their finished products to enable them engage in profitable ventures out of the acquired skills.
• Train the students on the possible ways of marketing their skills as well as their finished products.

Maintenance of Equipment

• Regular maintenance of equipment and assets i.e. oiling of the machines
• Requesting inputs from the inventory (and procurement) and allocating the same to students for use.
• Reporting any damage caused and repairs needed in class and respective equipment.
• Locking and opening the room (workshop) in the morning and evening.
• Providing recommendations that can improve security of the class and institutions equipment.

General Maintenance and production

• Assist in general repairs and maintenance on Tailoring and dressmaking related materials whenever called to.
• Advice the organization promptly on different areas including Tailoring and dressmaking related aspects.
• Come up with Tailoring and dressmaking related products for the organizations use whenever called to.

Production

• Assist in Tailoring and dressmaking production ventures of the organization whenever called to.
• Assist in supervision of casuals and students work with regards to Tailoring and dressmaking related production.
• Ensure that the final products are of good quality so as to maintain satisfaction of RWMT clients.
• Take part in wage preparation of the casual staff engaged in Tailoring and dressmaking production.
• Assist in conducting interviews for Tailoring and dressmaking casuals and/or staff.
• Assist in costing of Tailoring and dressmaking products.

Internal Administration

• Provide quality and timely delivery of production and training reports in their agreed format and deadlines to facilitate follow-up and improvement of the work.
• Maintain follow-up system to ensure efficient processes of production and training activities.
• Actively maintain the internal referral system to ensure beneficiaries are provided with maximum support from the organization’s various expertise.
• Actively participate in the Saturday Psycho-Social Support, for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and build the community’s capacity to eventually run the Saturday PSS on their own.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities which may be assigned by the management from time to time and which are related to the achievement of RWMT’s mission and vision.

Qualifications for the Tailoring and Dressmaking Job

(The knowledge, skills and abilities may be required through a combination of formal schooling, self-education and prior experience or on-the-job-training).

• Hold at least a Certificate in instructor training part 1 from a recognized institution.
• At least Governments Trade Test I or a diploma or Craft Certificate in the area of Tailoring and Dressmaking,
• Garment making or any other relevant field from a reputable Polytechnic or/and Technical Institutions.
• Hold at least KCSE certificate.
• Specialized Training/Professional Qualification
• EntrepreneurshipSales and Marketing
• Must possess good facilitation/training skills.
• Must be good in production of Tailoring and dressmaking products.
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to build harmonious relationships with students and staff.
• At least two (2) years relevant experience in a similar position