Launderers, Dry Cleaners and Pressers
What they do most days?
Performs a variety of laundering, dry cleaning and pressing tasks, including beating carpets and shaping starched collars, cuffs and hats.
Allocates washing machines to customers, ensures correct use of equipment and gives change.
Sets and operates drying machines and smooths and shapes washed garments using hand iron or machine press.
Loads articles into washing and dry cleaning machines or electrically operated drum cleaning machine, operates controls to admit cleaning fluids and starts machine.
Removes difficult stains using chemicals or steam gun.
Sorts articles by fabric, colour and type and determines appropriate cleaning process.
Receives garment or item from customer for cleaning, checks pockets, buttons, zips, etc. and issues receipt.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.