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Laundry - Occupations Duties

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Job Duties:

Operate steam pressing machine [Presser, Machine any industry 363.682-018] or uses hand iron [Presser, Hand any industry 363.684-018] to press garments, like trousers, sweaters, and dresses, usually in small cleaning establishment
Press silk garments [Silk Finisher laundry and rel. 363.681-010] & wool garments [Wool Presser laundry rel. 363.682-018].

Job Duties:

Reassemble washed laundry according to lot number or individual customers bundles preparatory to subsequent processing, like tumbling, starching, or ironing
Compare pin number on nets of laundry to numbers on laundry ticket hangs nets in bins, or slides key-tag onto key-tag holder to assemble lots
Count key-tags on holder or compares count of nets in bin to count of pin numbers written on laundry ticket to verify completed assembly
Load assembled lots in basket trucks for delivery to other work stations.

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Sort laundry into lots, like flatwork, starchwork, and colored articles prior to washing or ironing
Place sorted articles in bins, nets, or baskets, or onto conveyor belt
May weigh flatwork record weight on laundry ticket
May affix customers identification mark on articles or fasten identifying pin to nets.

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Assist customer to launder or dryclean clothes, or launders or drycleans clothes for customer paying for complete service, using self-service equipment
Give instructions to customer in clothes preparation, like weighing, sorting, fog-spraying spots and removing perishable buttons
Assign machine directs customer or points out posted instructions regarding equipment operation
Weigh soiled items calculates amount charged customer requiring complete services
Dampen garments with cleaning solvent rubs with sponge or brush to remove spots or stains
Place clothes, cleaning material, bleach, and coins in laundering or drycleaning equipment, and sets automatic controls to clean or dry clothes
Remove clothes from equipment
Hang, bags, folds, and bundles clothes for delivery to customer
Receive payment for service
May sell cleansing agents.

Job Duties:

Assist customer to launder or dryclean clothes, or launders or drycleans clothes for customer paying for complete service, using self-service equipment
Give instructions to customer in clothes preparation, like weighing, sorting, fog-spraying spots and removing perishable buttons
Assign machine directs customer or points out posted instructions regarding equipment operation
Weigh soiled items calculates amount charged customer requiring complete services
Dampen garments with cleaning solvent rubs with sponge or brush to remove spots or stains
Place clothes, cleaning material, bleach, and coins in laundering or drycleaning equipment, and sets automatic controls to clean or dry clothes
Remove clothes from equipment
Hang, bags, folds, and bundles clothes for delivery to customer
Receive payment for service
May sell cleansing agents.

Job Duties:

Tend automatic pressing machine equipped with single or double upright body forms to press front, yoke, and back of shirts, coats, and other garments
Fits garment on buck table pulls lever to clamp neckband of garment to buck
Lower pressing head to iron yoke
Depress pedal to clamp tailband in position on buck, and release pressing head to raised position
Press control buttons that rotate dressed buck into pressing cabinet for automatic ironing of front back of garment
May pull sleeves over forms shift levers to move forms into pressing cabinet for ironing
May finish one type of garment, like duck or linen coats
May be designated according to type of garment pressed as Shirt Presser, Automatic laundry and rel. , Pants Presser, Automatic laundry rel. .

Job Duties:

Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped form to smooth press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat presser or hand iron
May use hand iron to complete pressing of garment.

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Block shapes knitted garments after cleaning
Shrink or stretches garment by hand until it conforms to original measurements pins garment to cover of steamtable or back of pressing machine
Apply steam to garment, as it is held in shape, by means of hand valves or foot levers
Measure records dimensions of garments, using yardstick, cloth tape, or by making perforated outline on paper
Compare cleaned garments with recorded measurements or perforated paper returns garments that have shrunk or stretched for reprocessing
May hang garments on forms corresponding to desired shape saturate with steam from nozzle to block garments
May measure customer record measurements for use in blocking customers garments

Job Duties:

Manage store where customers deliver and call for articles to be cleaned, laundered, and pressed keeps records of same
Receive article from customer
Write identifying slip or tag giving name of customer, work to be done and date of completion
Pins or staples tag on article
Deliver finished article to customer collects amount due
Record cash receipts and articles received delivered
May examine article in presence of customer to advise of possible damage that might result during processing, like shrinkage, loss of shape, and fading
May measure garments liable to shrink
May remove ornaments sew or replace them on finished garment upon return from plant.

Job Duties:

Prepare laundry for processing distributes laundry, performing any combination of following duties
Open bundles of soiled laundry
Place bundles onto conveyor belt or drops down chute for distribution to marking classification sections
Weigh laundry on scales records weight on tickets
Remove bundles from conveyor distributes to workers, using handtruck
Fasten identification pins or clips onto laundry to facilitate subsequent assembly of customers orders
Sort net bags containing clean wash according to customers identification tags
Sort empty net bags according to color size
Collect identification tags from lots of laundered articles for reuse
Moisten clean wash preparatory to ironing
Operate power hoist to load and unload washing machines extractors
Stack linen supplies on storage room shelves
Unload soiled linen from trucks
May be designated according to duties performed as Bundle Weigher laundry and rel. , Chute Worker laundry and rel. , Clipper laundry and rel. , Linen-Supply-Room Worker laundry & rel. , Net Sorter laundry rel.
Pin Sorter And Bagger laundry and rel. , Pin Worker laundry and rel. , Washing-Machine Loader laundry rel. Ii.