Garment & Textile Learning in Spain

The garment industry in Spain

A reviewed industry guide for Spain is in preparation. Until it is written, the courses, technical subjects and resources below are the same practitioner-written material used by learners worldwide.

Free professional courses

• Garment Quality Assurance and Laboratory Testing

  Build the quality system, inspect to a defensible standard, test in the laboratory and prove capability with data.

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• Industrial Engineering and Production Planning for Garment Factories

  Measure the work, balance the line, plan the capacity and improve the process with lean and Six Sigma tools.

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• Apparel Merchandising and Costing

  From enquiry to shipment: feasibility, garment costing, negotiation, margin risk, the time-and-action plan and the documents that get an order paid.

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• Textile Technology for Apparel Manufacturing

  Fibre to finished fabric: yarn structure, woven and knit formation, dyeing and finishing, and the fabric quality checks that protect a garment order.

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Popular technical subjects

• AQL Inspection
• Time Study and Standard Minute Value
• Line Balancing

Career pathways

The garment lifecycle

Every role above sits somewhere in the garment lifecycle, from the customer brief through design, material, sampling, planning, production and delivery. The lifecycle chapters explain each stage and what decides success there.

Practitioner resources

• Garment Manufacturing — End-to-End Basics
• AQL Sampling in Plain English
• SMV — Standard Minute Value Basics

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