- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who washes and irons wearing apparel, sheets, blankets, and other linens and clothes used by employees of logging, construction, mining, or other camp, or washes uniforms, aprons, and towels in establishments supplying employees with these linens.
* Uses equipment usually found in household or in small laundry.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who identifies stains in washable cotton and synthetic garments or household linens prior to laundering and applies chemicals until stain dissolves, using brush, sponge, or bone spatula. Respnsibilities include:
* Sorts stained articles to segregate items stained with oil, grease or blood.
* Applies and rubs chemicals into garment, using bone spatula, sponge or brush, until stain dissolves.
* Places spotted articles in net bags for return to washroom.
* Bleaches and washes some articles in small washing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends conditioner machine that semidries and untangles flatwork preparatory to ironing. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts small pieces directly into drum and places large pieces, such as sheets, on conveyor which feeds into conditioner where items are heated, untangled, and discharged onto conveyor leading to flatwork ironing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends conditioner machine that semidries and untangles flatwork preparatory to ironing. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts small pieces directly into drum and places large pieces, such as sheets, on conveyor which feeds into conditioner where items are heated, untangled, and discharged onto conveyor leading to flatwork ironing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that winds washed, damp, or ironed roller towels into rolls preparatory to ironing or packaging. Respnsibilities include:
* Wraps end of towel around metal rod and inserts ends of rod into slots in machine.
* Swings down hinged tension gate until it latches to put tension on towel.
* Pushes and pulls hand-operated clutch bar to start and stop machine.
* Inspects towel for stains and holes as it is being wound onto roll.
* Secures end of wound towel with tape.
* Lifts rolled towel from machine.
* May tend machine that unrolls and folds towels.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that winds washed, damp, or ironed roller towels into rolls preparatory to ironing or packaging. Respnsibilities include:
* Wraps end of towel around metal rod and inserts ends of rod into slots in machine.
* Swings down hinged tension gate until it latches to put tension on towel.
* Pushes and pulls hand-operated clutch bar to start and stop machine.
* Inspects towel for stains and holes as it is being wound onto roll.
* Secures end of wound towel with tape.
* Lifts rolled towel from machine.
* May tend machine that unrolls and folds towels.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends laundering machines to clean articles, such as rags, wiping cloths, filter cloths, bags, sacks, and work clothes. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads articles into washer and adds specified amount of detergent, soap, or other cleaning agent.
* Turns valve to fill washer with water.
* Starts machine that automatically washes and rinses articles.
* Lifts clean, wet articles from washer and places them successively into wringers and driers for measured time cycles.
* Sorts dried articles according to identification numbers or type.
* Folds and places item in appropriate storage bin.
* Lubricates machines, using grease gun and oil can.
* May dissolve soap granules in hot water and steam to make liquid soap.
* May mend torn articles, using needle and thread.
* May sort and count articles to verify quantities on laundry lists.
* May soak contaminated articles in neutralizer solution in vat to precondition articles for washing.
* May mix dyes and bleaches according to formula, and dye and bleach specified articles.
* May be designated according to article cleaned as Bag Washer; Cloth Washer; Color-Straining-Bag Washer; Oil-Rag Washer; Wiping-Rag Washer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that patches articles, such as tablecloths, sheets, and uniforms. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions damaged article between platens (heated irons) of machine.
* Selects adhesive patching material to match article to be repaired.
* Cuts out patch with scissors, and places patch over tear.
* Reads gauge on machine to ensure that ram is heated to specified temperature.
* Presses control button to close press and secure patch on article.
* May seal identification tapes on articles.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who loads and unloads washing machines in laundry. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes handtruck containing soiled laundry from marking and classifying department to washing machine and loads articles into machine.
* Removes washed laundry from machine and places in extractor baskets.
* May lift loaded extractor baskets, using power hoist.
* May place baskets in extractor and start extractor.
* May be known according to task performed as Puller; Washer Helper, Machine; Washing-Machine Loader I.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who reassembles washed laundry according to lot number or individual customer's bundles preparatory to subsequent processing, such as tumbling, starching, or ironing. Respnsibilities include:
* Compares pin number on nets of laundry to numbers on laundry ticket and hangs nets in bins, or slides key-tag onto key-tag holder to assemble lots.
* Counts key-tags on holder or compares count of nets in bin to count of pin numbers written on laundry ticket to verify completed assembly.
* Loads assembled lots in basket trucks for delivery to other work stations.
Industry:Professional careers
