Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean commercial, industrial, or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, fine linens, rugs, and carpets
Starts pumps to operate distilling system that drains and reclaims dry cleaning solvents.
Adjusts switches to tend and regulate equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs.
Cleans machine filters and lubricates equipment.
Mends and sews articles, using hand stitching, adhesive patch, or power sewing machine.
Hangs curtains, drapes, blankets, pants, and other garments on stretch frames to dry, and transports items between specified locations.
Irons or presses articles, fabrics, and furs, using hand iron or pressing machine.
Receives and marks articles for laundry or dry cleaning with identifying code number or name, using hand or machine marker.
Sorts and counts articles removed from dryer and folds, wraps, or hangs items for airing out, pickup, or delivery.
Examines and sorts articles to be cleaned into lots, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
Pre-soaks, sterilizes, scrubs, spot-cleans, and dries contaminated or stained articles, using neutralizer solutions and portable machines.
Washes, dry cleans, or glazes delicate articles or fur garment linings by hand, using mild detergent or dry cleaning solutions.
Starts washer, dry cleaner, drier, or extractor, and turns valves or levers to regulate and monitor cleaning or drying operations.
Loads or directs other workers to load articles into washer or dry cleaning machine.
Removes or directs other workers to remove items from washer or dry cleaning machine and into extractor or tumbler.
Tends variety of automatic machines that comb and polish furs; clean, sterilize, and fluff feathers and blankets; and roll and package towels.
Mixes and adds detergents, dyes, bleach, starch, and other solutions and chemicals to clean, color, dry, or stiffen articles.
Customer and Personal Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Mechanical -- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operation Monitoring -- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Equipment Maintenance -- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Trunk Strength -- The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Extent Flexibility -- The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Category Flexibility -- The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Performing General Physical Activities -- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.