Laundromat Attendant Refuse Workers & Other Elementary Workers

Various techniques and tools used to clean different types of surfaces to achieve a certain degree of cleanliness such as sweeping, vacuuming, degreasing and wet cleaning.

Provide support and advice to customers in making purchasing decisions by finding out their needs, selecting suitable service and products for them and politely answering questions about products and services.

Measure and adjust temperature of a given space or object.

Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.

Welcome guests in a friendly manner in a certain place.

Handle customer expectations in a professional manner, anticipating and addressing their needs and desires. Provide flexible customer service to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Preserve health, hygiene, safety and security in the workplace in accordance with relevant regulations.

Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.

Follow the stock of cleaning materials, order new material when the stock is empty and closely follow their usage to maintain a constant supply.

Set up, maintain and operate roto, extractor and walk behind scrubbers and other floor care equipment to clean carpets and scrub hard floors.

Operate machine to remove stains and achieve clean clothes. Measure the minimum and maximum load to insert in the machine and select the appropriate drying process for eventual moisture and …

Ensure that guest laundry is collected, cleaned and returned to a high standard and in a timely fashion.

Sort clothing items according to their colour or fabric by inspecting and reading care tags or labels. They indicate agitations, how a particular fabric should best be washed, bleached, dryed, …

Flush out detergents, soil and odors from cloth materials and articles using a water hose.

Supervise the procedures of opening and closing hours such as cleaning, stock shelfing, securing valuable items, etc.

Wash or clean clothes by hand or by use of a washing machine.

Processes involved in textile dyeing using different dyeing technologies. Also, addition of colours to textile materials using dye stuffs.

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The range of bleach and others chemicals used to remove the colour from materials in a steam cooking process, adjusting the brightness and colour of the materials.

Tools with bristles used for a wide variety of purposes such as cleaning, painting, putting on make up and grooming hair. Materials used for bristles include animal hair, synthetic fibers …

Check the fabric for different kinds of stains such as invisible, perspirative, and oxidation stains. Understand the right way to deal with the defects by testing the nature of the …

Evaluating stitching, construction, attachments, fasteners, embellishments, shading within the garment; evaluating pattern continuity, matching; evaluating tapes and linings.

Ensure proper handling, storage and disposal of cleaning chemicals in accordance with regulations.

Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.

Clean and preserve the equipment and material used for cleaning purposes in a proper state.

Accept payments such as cash, credit cards and debit cards. Handle reimbursement in case of returns or administer vouchers and marketing instruments such as bonus cards or membership cards. Pay …

Weigh materials and products, record weight and other relevant data on tags or labels.

Remove stains in dry-cleaning by using the pre-spotting technique. Use a spotting board, which vacuums the garment attached to the spotting board through air suctions. Use a spotting gun to …

Collect the dirty pieces of clothing or other linen within the facility and send it to the laundry service.

Calculate money by sorting and wraping money and coins.

Use stain removal equipment to remove stains without damaging the fabric. Carry out garment and stain detection to identify the specific staining type such as wet or dry side staining …

Manage laundered items and store them in safe and hygienic conditions.

Count and collect the items, and provide them with the drop off and delivery dates. Fix tags with a safety pin or staple, describing important information about the customer. Apply …

Check which items are suitable or unsuitable for dry-cleaning by interpreting care labels and decide which dry cleaning processes may be required.

Handle wide or narrow body tunnel finishers which remove wrinkles from garments. Insert the material in a steam chamber, making the fabric moldable.

Prepare the equipment and safely load and unload clothing items in and out of the washer extractor. Select the right washing programme, recognize faults and malfunctions with the machine and …

Clean products or surfaces by using solvents to dissolve or extract other unnecessary substances.

Use a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and small particles from floors, drapes, carpets or furniture.