laundry worker
Laundry workers operate and monitor machines that use chemicals to wash or dry-clean articles such as cloth and leather garments, linens, drapes or carpets, ensuring the color and texture of these articles is being maintained. They work in laundry shops and industrial laundry companies and sort the articles received from clients by fabric type. They also determine the cleaning technique to be applied.
Also called: clothes washer, laundry and dry cleaning assistant, laundry and dry cleaning supervisor, dry cleaning worker, laundry and dry cleaning manager, dry cleaner, laundry and dry cleaning operator, laundry and dry cleaning worke
- 21
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- laundry ironer9 skills in common
- drapery and carpet cleaner6 skills in common
- domestic cleaner4 skills in common
- beauty salon attendant3 skills in common
- laundromat attendant3 skills in common
- laundry and dry cleaning manager3 skills in common
- linen room attendant3 skills in common
- spa attendant3 skills in common
Essential skills
21- apply prespotting
- clean household linens
- collect items for laundry service
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- eliminate stains
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- handle linen in stock
- identify cloth items
- inspect dry cleaning materials
- iron textiles
- maintain cleaning equipment
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with customers
- operate tumble dryer
- operate tunnel finisher machine
- operate washer extractor
- quality standards
- read care labels
- types of staining
- use solvents
Optional skills
21- cleaning industry health and safety measures
- control temperature
- dyeing technology
- evaluate garment quality
- follow up orders for customers
- greet guests
- handle customer complaints
- identify defects on raw hides
- leather colour chemistry
- maintain wardrobe
- monitor stock level
- operate dry cleaning pressing machines
- organisational policies
- pack goods
- personal protective equipment
- process payments
- properties of textile materials
- sell products
- sell services
- source colour chemicals
- types of bleach
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