5.12 Clothing and Personal Protection Equipment Design and Prototyping Technologist

The required services may include, but are not limited to the following:

• designing, developing and fabricating clothing, personal protection equipment and load carriage prototypes for design acceptance and specification preparation
• evaluating clothing and personal protection equipment prototypes from industry to determine construction characteristics and to determine suitability
• fabricating clothing and personal protection equipment prototypes to test patterns prior to computerized grading/sizing
• supporting evaluation of vendors and manufacturers clothing and personal protection equipment samples for compliance with specified measurements and construction methods
• supporting maintenance of specialized equipment used in the construction/fabrication of clothing and personal protection equipment