How do they match: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

  • Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

  • Dyer
  • Cleaner and Dyer
  • Cleaner and Presser
  • Fur Glazing and Polishing Machine Operator
  • Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Machine Operator
  • Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Machine Tender
  • Precision Dyer
  • Rug Dyer

  • Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.

  • Apply bleaching powders to spots and spray them with steam to remove stains from fabrics that do not respond to other cleaning solvents.
  • Dye articles to change or restore their colors, using knowledge of textile compositions and the properties and effects of bleaches and dyes.
  • Immerse articles in bleaching baths to strip colors.
  • Match sample colors, applying knowledge of bleaching agent and dye properties, and types, construction, conditions, and colors of articles.
  • Mix bleaching agents with hot water in vats, and soak material until it is bleached.
  • Mix and add detergents, dyes, bleaches, starches, and other solutions and chemicals to clean, color, dry, or stiffen articles.
  • Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, or extractors, and turn valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and other additives.