National 3 Fashion and Textile Technology

Course Specification

This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

Unit Specifications

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

Course and Unit Support Notes

These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.

Past Papers and Marking Instructions

Unit Assessment Support

These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.

Verification and Course reports

Fashion and Textile Technology: Quality Assurance - external verification

Understanding Standards

Resources for practical activity

  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Practical Activity – Children’s-trousers-Pattern  
  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Practical Activity – Children’s-trousers- Instructions
  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Practical Activity – Toolwrap instructions
  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Practical Activity – Toolwrap pattern
  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Higher – Practical Activity – Toolwrap additional information/points to note
  • New - Fashion and Textile Technology – N3 – Higher – Practical Activity – Children’s garments additional information/points to note

Summary of fabric properties

Practical Skills Videos

Guidance Document

Changes to understanding standards materials

Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.