Sales and service
Seamstress
$25.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is above the local median for this work ($21.42 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)
What the posting asks for
- 3 to 5 years' experience
- High school
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 30 to 40 hours a week
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- Tailors and dressmakers require demonstrated ability to sew, style and fit men's or women's garments and may require completion of college or other courses in tailoring or dressmaking.
- Alterationists require demonstrated ability to sew, alter and repair garments.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Tailors, Dressmakers and Alterationists (NOC 64200). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Make made-to-measure garments, such as suits and coats according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
- Design, select and/or modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications
- Mark, cut and sew fabric
- Fit, alter and repair garments according to customers' requests by hand or using sewing machines.
About the employer
- Industry: Retail trade
- Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region
Job Bank's search for this title and town usually shows this ad first.
From Job Bank.