The UK garment manufacturing sector has got its first ever Fashion Technology Academy (FTA). Run by social enterprise Fashion Enter, the centre has the potential to train over 1000 people ever year in pattern making, fabric inspection, laying and cutting, quality control, machine maintenance and stitching.
The new facility spread over a 5,000 sq. ft. area in North London, will address the skills shortage currently being faced by UK garment manufacturers. It will also help them address the growing demand for ‘Made in Britain’ products. The academy backed by high street retailer ASOS has also bagged over £500,000 of investment from Haringey Council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) along with a significant personal investment by Director Jenny Holloway.
This Fashion Technology Academy (FTA) is an extension of the successful ASOS.com Stitching Academy and offers qualifications across the entire garment supply chain. It is the first apparel manufacturing training academy in the country to operate alongside a live factory environment, ensuring students gain exposure to real manufacturing whilst training for their Level I qualification. The unit has state-of-the-art machines, pressing equipment, fusing boards, machine tools, catography, CADCAM, cutting benches and knives to provide apt training to the students.
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