COURSE CODE: 8248

Introduction to Fashion Careers

SCED Code: 19201
Virginia Extended Description: 36
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FCCLA

Introduction to Fashion Careers students learn what it takes to be successful in fashion by exploring careers within the industry. Instruction focuses on applied experiences, with students exploring the design process and demonstrating basic fashion design techniques. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
271011 Art Directors No
112021 Marketing Managers No
273031 Public Relations Specialists No
112022 Sales Managers No
271026 Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers No
414011 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products No
271029 Designers, All Other No
271024 Graphic Designers No
519071 Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers Yes

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Performing Arts
  • Craft Artists
  • Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
  • Designers, All Other
  • Costume Attendants
Visual Arts
  • Fashion Designers
  • Graphic Designers
  • Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
  • Art Directors
  • Craft Artists
  • Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
  • Special Effects Artists and Animators
  • Artists and Related Workers, All Other
  • Designers, All Other
  • Museum Technicians and Conservators
  • Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Pathway Occupation
Personal Care Services
  • Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
  • Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
  • Sewing Machine Operators
  • Sewers, Hand
  • Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
  • Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
Consumer Services
  • Fashion Designers
  • Sales Managers

Pathway Occupation
Manufacturing Production Process Development
  • Fashion Designers
  • Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
  • Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
Production
  • Sewing Machine Operators
  • Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
  • Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
  • Sewers, Hand
  • Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
  • Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
  • Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
  • Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Maintenance, Installation, & Repair
  • Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Communications
  • Art Directors
  • Marketing Managers
  • Public Relations Specialists
  • Sales Managers
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
Marketing Management
  • Chief Executives
  • Marketing Managers
  • Retail Salespersons
Merchandising
  • Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
  • Retail Salespersons
Professional Sales
  • Sales Managers
  • Telemarketers
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

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