INTRODUCING THE APPAREL & TEXTILE ITO

The Apparel & Textile Industry Training Organisation (ATITO) supports employers and people working in the industry to achieve training outcomes that provide the skills needed for the industry. The ATITO is responsible for setting industry standards, maintaining national industry qualifications, facilitating workplace training, and providing training and skill planning for the industry.

The ATITO was established in 1994 and has developed nationally recognised qualifications covering 10 industry sectors. Sectors covered by the ATITO include laundry and drycleaning, clothing, embroidery, knitting, carpet, wool scouring, yarn manufacture, woven fabric manufacture, dyeing and finishing, footwear.

ATITO ACTIVITIES

Skill Standards Development
Expert groups establish industry skill standards for the qualifications. Standards are continually reviewed and updated to ensure qualifications reflect industry requirements. New standards are developed to reflect changes in industry skill needs.

Facilitation of Training
The ATITO facilitates training by liaising with the trainee, the training provider and the employer.

Skill Audits:
The ATITO can conduct a workplace skill audit to identify a company’s training needs and help them formulate a training schedule.

Skill Assessment:
The ATITO is responsible for establishing and monitoring the assessment process. Assessors have been trained to ATITO standards and the ITO audits their assessment performance.

Specific Training Needs:
The ATITO has extensive links with training providers and can develop training programmes for all needs, including health and safety, first line management, computer and other business needs.