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How do they match:
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
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Alternate Occupation Titles
Ironer
Ironing
Machine
Operator
Ironing
Pleater
Ironing
Worker
Machine
Presser
Machine
Straw Hat Presser
Calender
Machine
Operator
Clothes
Ironer
Flat
Ironer
Flatwork
Ironer
Fur
Ironer
Hand
Ironer
Hat
Ironer
Hydraulic Press
Operator
Laundry Press
Operator
Patch Press
Operator
Patching
Machine
Operator
Press
Operator
Pressing
Machine
Operator
Pressing
Machine
Tender
Shirt
Ironer
Shirt Line
Operator
Sleeve
Ironer
Sleeve Presser
Operator
Steam Clothes Press
Operator
Steam Press
Operator
Straw Hat Plunger
Operator
1
O*NET-SOC Description
Press or shape articles by hand or
machine.
18
Tasks
Operate
steam, hydraulic, or other pressing
machines
to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
Activate and adjust
machine
controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers,
ironing
shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
Clean and maintain pressing
machines
, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
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.
Press ties on small pressing
machines.
Push and pull
irons
over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
Remove finished pieces from pressing
machines
and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
Select appropriate pressing
machines
, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
Select, install, and adjust
machine
components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing
machines
, using sewing
machines.
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.
2
Detailed Work Activities
Operate
sewing equipment.
Smooth garments with
irons
, presses, or steamers.
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