T Level Craft and Design - Textiles and Fashion Maker

The Craft sector contributes approximately œ3.4 billion to the UK economy providing goods and services relating to textiles. There are an estimated 11,620 UK crafts businesses, employing around 150,000 people. Approximately 88% of craft businesses in the UK are sole traders, and craft workers are employed by businesses both within and outside of the creative industries. The UK’s craft sector supports trade and commerce around the world with over œ5bn of exports annually. Craft services are essential to the UK’s future as a global, outward-looking, free-trading nation.
The Design sector in the UK is responsible for an estimated œ3.949 bn of Gross Value Added (GVA) with approximately 163,000 design and designer fashion jobs in the creative industries. Including all design roles both within and outside of creative industries, the design economy contributes approximately œ71.7bn in GVA. According to the Design Council’s report on ‘The Design Economy’ the contribution of design to the total export of goods and services from the UK is œ34bn, equivalent to 7.3 per cent of total UK exports.

The Technical Qualification (TQ) is the main classroom-based element of the T Level. During your two-year course, you will learn the core knowledge that underpins the sector, and you will also develop occupationally specific skills that will allow you to enter skilled employment within a specific occupation
– Aimed at 16 -19-year-olds
– Equivalent in size, rigour and depth as 3 A-levels
– Managed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)
– Design and content created by employer panels
– Designed for students to have the minimum threshold competencies for an occupational role with in Textiles
– UCAS Points
– Route(s) to paid employment / HE / Higher level Apprenticeships