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Clothing Trades Workers

Clothing Trades Workers prepare and cut garment patterns and fabric, and make and repair garments.

ManufacturingANZSCO 3932
8,400People employed
+10% ▲Growth to 2035
48%Work full time
54Median age
Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 3932.More about our sources: How we check our facts

What they do

The main tasks of this occupation, from the national occupation standard.

conferring with customers to determine material, styles and designs of garmentsinterpreting designs, sketches and samples to determine pattern specificationscutting out master patternslaying up and cutting fabricpinning, basting and draping garment partssewing garments
Source: JSA occupation profileTask list from the Jobs and Skills Australia occupation profile for ANZSCO 3932 (ANZSCO task statements).More about our sources: How we check our facts

The outlook

Room for 800 more people in clothing trades workers by 2035 ▲

The field grew 3% in the year to February 2026, adding about 200 workers. Most of the jobs are in VIC and NSW, with QLD third.

Source: JSA · ABS, 2025-26ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 3932.More about our sources: How we check our facts
8k2025
8.3k2030 PROJ.
8.8k2035 PROJ.

Getting in

There is no single way in. 30% trained through VET, 18% hold a degree.

Both paths are common in this field. These are the nationally recognised courses mapped to this occupation, with the number of registered training providers that offer each one.

Source: JSA · training.gov.auEducation split: JSA (Jobs and Skills Australia) occupation profile, using ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Census data, ANZSCO 3932. Qualification mapping and provider counts: training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education, October 2026. Listed providers are current registered training providers (private providers and TAFE institutes).More about our sources: How we check our facts

Nationally recognised training · most offered first

MST50122Diploma

Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear.

See 14 providers
MST40222Certificate IV

Certificate IV in Apparel and Fashion

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear.

See 5 providers
MST30316Certificate III

Certificate III in Millinery

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear.

See 1 provider
See all 4 mapped courses
MST50122Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles · 14 providers
MST40222Certificate IV in Apparel and Fashion · 5 providers
MST30316Certificate III in Millinery · 1 provider
MST40416Certificate IV in Millinery · 0 providers

Providers are shown in A-Z order on each course page. A listing is not a recommendation.

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8,400 Australians do this work. See who is hiring this month.

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Source: ABS · JSA, 2025-26State chart shows people employed, not current job ads. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Labour Force via Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), February 2026; ABS Employee Earnings and Hours May 2025; JSA Employment Projections, May 2025 base. ANZSCO 3932.More about our sources: How we check our facts

People employed by state, 2025-26

VIC2.6k
NSW2.5k
QLD1.6k
SA0.7k
WA0.7k
TAS0.2k
NT0.1k
ACT0.1k