- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who feeds laundered towels, pillowcases, and napkins onto feeder conveyor of machine that folds, stacks, and counts flatwork. Respnsibilities include:
* Sorts items on feedstacks according to size.
* Lays aside stained articles for separate feeding and ticketing.
* Adjusts position of gear lever to regulate speed of machine.
* Removes jammed articles from machine.
* May unload rack and transfer stacks of folded napkins to be bundled to tying machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sorts laundered or drycleaned articles, such as linens, garments, blankets, and drapes, according to customer's identification mark or tag. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads identification symbols on mark or tag attached to clean articles.
* Sorts articles with similar symbols into groups.
* Collects items belonging to each customer from group, using customer's list of articles received to verify completeness of order.
* Inspects items for quality of service.
* May be designated according to type of article assembled as Flatwork Assembler; Wearing-Apparel Assembler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who folds fluff-dried or pressed laundry, such as shirts, towels, uniforms, and jackets. Respnsibilities include:
* Shakes out, smooths, folds, sorts, and stacks wash according to identification tags.
* Inspects pressed laundry for holes or tears, and separates defective articles for transfer to repair department.
* Folds laundry, preparatory to wrapping, for delivery to customer.
* Folds pressed shirts around cardboard forms and inserts assembly in plastic bags.
* May attach missing buttons to articles, using button-sewing-machine or button-attaching machine.
* May unload tumbler.
* May turn socks, match pairs, and tie socks into bundles.
* May be designated according to type of laundry folded as Shirt Folder I; Wearing-Apparel Folder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects garments or articles after cleaning and finishing, to verify items meet company standards. Respnsibilities include:
* Returns articles having wrinkles, double creases, shine, spots, tears, broken seams, missing buttons, or missing belts to pressing, spotting, or repair units for correction.
* When examining garments to verify quality of alteration and repairs, may be designated Sewing Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties in marking, sorting, and recording soiled garments, linens, and other articles received for cleaning and laundering. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens bundle or bag and spreads articles on worktable.
* Examines articles and records defects, such as holes, stains, tears, and ripped seams.
* Compares articles with customer's listing or records by hand or by using listing-pricing machine.
* Affixes or marks customer-identifying symbols on soiled articles by one of following methods:
** Adjusts numbered disks of marking machine by hand to set code number; places article or cloth tag under disks; depresses pedal or pulls lever that forces disks against article or tag to print code; pins or staples tag to article.
** Writes code number on garment or tag with pen and waterproof ink; pins, staples, or sews tag to garment.
** Positions garment under stapling machine and pulls lever that staples short length of tape to garment; writes identifying code on tape.
** Presses lever of clipping machine that fastens metal clip to garment.
** Depresses keys of marking machine that prints identifying symbol on garment.
** Seals identification tape on article, using patching machine and adhesive tape.
* Routes defective articles to mender for repairs.
* Sorts articles according to color, degree of soil, and type of materials or treatment.
* Measures articles with yardstick or measuring tape and records measurements to ensure articles are finished to original size.
* Removes buttons, ornaments, and other trimmings from soiled garments and replaces buttons on cleaned garments.
* Places sorted articles in different colored nets or ties articles in bundles and attaches tags that indicate work to be performed, such as method of cleaning, articles to be starched or tinted, and pretreatment of stained articles.
* Counts finished articles for completeness of order and verifies count with plant records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines cleaned rugs to detect deficiencies, such as inadequate cleaning, failure to remove spots or stains, and faulty brushing of pile.
* Returns imperfect rugs to workers responsible for defects.
* Rolls completed rugs by hand or guides rug into rug-rolling machine.
* May measure and calculate areas of rugs for billing purposes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls railroad or highway drawbridge over waterways to permit passage of vessels. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes approaching vessels and listens for whistle signal from vessel indicating desire to pass.
* Moves levers that activate traffic signals and alarms, lower gates to halt street traffic, or activate interlocking railroad signals to warn oncoming railroad trains.
* Starts motors of drawbridge and moves levers to raise or turn drawbridge, giving vessels passage.
* Signals vessels to pass through opening.
* Inspects drawbridge and auxiliary equipment.
* Cleans, oils, and greases machinery.
* Writes and submits maintenance work requisitions.
* Prepares reports of accidents occurring on or to bridge.
* Records name of vessels passing and number of trains or vehicles crossing bridge.
* May relay messages to vessels in waterway.
* May make repairs and adjustments to drawbridge.
* May be required to hold Railway Signalman Certificate or similar license.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls railroad or highway drawbridge over waterways to permit passage of vessels. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes approaching vessels and listens for whistle signal from vessel indicating desire to pass.
* Moves levers that activate traffic signals and alarms, lower gates to halt street traffic, or activate interlocking railroad signals to warn oncoming railroad trains.
* Starts motors of drawbridge and moves levers to raise or turn drawbridge, giving vessels passage.
* Signals vessels to pass through opening.
* Inspects drawbridge and auxiliary equipment.
* Cleans, oils, and greases machinery.
* Writes and submits maintenance work requisitions.
* Prepares reports of accidents occurring on or to bridge.
* Records name of vessels passing and number of trains or vehicles crossing bridge.
* May relay messages to vessels in waterway.
* May make repairs and adjustments to drawbridge.
* May be required to hold Railway Signalman Certificate or similar license.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who guards street crossings during hours when children are going to or coming from school. Respnsibilities include:
* Directs actions of children and traffic at street intersections to ensure safe crossing.
* Records license numbers of vehicles disregarding traffic signals and reports infractions to police.
* May escort children across street.
* May place caution signs at designated points before going on duty and remove signs at end of shift.
* May stop speeding vehicles and warn drivers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who guards railroad crossing to warn motorists and pedestrians of approaching trains. Respnsibilities include:
* Consults train schedules and listens for approaching trains from watchtower.
* Presses button to flash warning signal lights.
* Presses control button to lower crossing gates until train passes, and raises gate when crossing is clear.
* May wave flags, signs, or lanterns in emergencies.
Industry:Professional careers
