NOC 53125: Patternmakers - textile, leather and fur products

Patternmakers in textile, leather and fur products create master patterns for the production of garments, footwear and other textile, leather or fur products. They are employed by pattern manufacturers, textile, leather or fur products manufacturers, or they may be self-employed.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 3.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 3: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 53125 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 53125

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Examine sketches, samples of articles and specifications of designs to determine number, size and shape of pattern parts and assess the amount of cloth required to make a product
• Draw, lay out and cut master patterns of products
• Outline parts of patterns on paper and mark patterns to indicate details such as the placement of pockets and pleats on garments, decorative stitching on shoe parts or eyelets on canvas products
• Create pattern size variations from master patterns using computer or drafting instruments, or forward patterns to computer operator to create pattern size variations
• Lay out master patterns on fabric and cut sample patterns
• Mark size, identification, style and sewing instructions on sample patterns.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• dress patternmaker
• embroidery patternmaker
• fur garment patternmaker
• garment patternmaker
• leather products patternmaker
• shoe patternmaker
• textile products patternmaker

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• College courses in design and patternmaking or One to two years of on-the-job training are required.
• Courses in computer-assisted patternmaking may be required.

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