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Quality Assurance for Textile, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing

Clothing and footwear manufacturers competing for retail and export orders must deliver consistent quality across fabric, stitching, sizing, and finish. This course covers the quality checks and controls that keep defects out of the line and the shipment. Delegates learn inline and final inspection methods so African apparel and footwear producers can protect their reputation with demanding buyers.

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What you will be able to do

  • Identify common quality defects in fabric, garments, and footwear.
  • Set inspection points from raw material intake through to final packing.
  • Apply inline inspection to catch defects before they multiply.
  • Use acceptable quality level thinking for final shipment inspection.
  • Control sizing, fit, and finish against buyer specifications.
  • Reduce rework and rejects through targeted improvement on the line.

Course outline

  1. 01Quality Defects in Apparel and Footwear
  2. 02Raw Material and Trim Inspection
  3. 03Inline Inspection on the Line
  4. 04Final Inspection and Shipment Sampling
  5. 05Controlling Sizing, Fit, and Finish
  6. 06Meeting Buyer Specifications
  7. 07Reducing Rework and Rejects

Who should attend

This course is aimed at quality controllers, line supervisors, and production managers in textile, clothing, and footwear manufacturing who need to meet retail and export quality standards.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
5 to 6 Oct 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Durban2R10,000Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
4 to 5 Nov 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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