How do they match: Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

  • Ironer
  • Ironing Machine Operator
  • Ironing Pleater
  • Ironing Worker
  • Laundry Manager
  • Laundry Press Operator
  • Laundry Presser
  • Dry Clean Presser
  • Dry Cleaner Presser
  • Clothes Ironer
  • Flat Ironer
  • Flatwork Ironer
  • Fur Ironer
  • Hand Ironer
  • Hat Ironer
  • Shirt Ironer
  • Sleeve Ironer

  • Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
  • Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
  • Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.
  • Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
  • Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
  • Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
  • Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.
  • Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
  • Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
  • Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables.
  • Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
  • Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons.
  • Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.

  • Clean fabrics or apparel.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.