Laundry Worker Stationary Plant & Machine Operators
SaveWhat Does a Laundry Worker Do?
Laundry workers operate and monitor machines that use chemicals to wash or dry-clean articles such as cloth and leather garments, linens, drapes or carpets, ensuring the color and texture of these articles is being maintained. They work in laundry shops and industrial laundry companies and sort the articles received from clients by fabric type. They also determine the cleaning technique to be applied.
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Where Do I Start?
Quality Standards
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
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Skills You Need to Become a Laundry Worker
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialQuality Standards knowledge
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
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EssentialTypes Of Staining knowledge
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 …
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EssentialDistinguish Accessories skill
Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
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EssentialDistinguish Fabrics skill
Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
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EssentialIron Textiles skill
Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.
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EssentialMaintain Cleaning Equipment skill
Clean and preserve the equipment and material used for cleaning purposes in a proper state.
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EssentialMaintain Customer Service skill
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EssentialMaintain Relationship With Customers skill
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with customers in order to ensure satisfaction and fidelity by providing accurate and friendly advice and support, by delivering quality products and services and …
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EssentialApply Prespotting skill
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 …
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EssentialClean Household Linens skill
Wash linens such as sheets, towels and table cloths with water and soap or detergent. Clean linens by hand or by the use of a washing machine.
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EssentialCollect Items For Laundry Service skill
Collect the dirty pieces of clothing or other linen within the facility and send it to the laundry service.
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EssentialEliminate Stains skill
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 …
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EssentialHandle Linen In Stock skill
Manage laundered items and store them in safe and hygienic conditions.
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EssentialIdentify Cloth Items skill
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 …
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EssentialInspect Dry Cleaning Materials skill
Check which items are suitable or unsuitable for dry-cleaning by interpreting care labels and decide which dry cleaning processes may be required.
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EssentialOperate Tumble Dryer skill
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 …
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EssentialOperate Tunnel Finisher Machine skill
Handle wide or narrow body tunnel finishers which remove wrinkles from garments. Insert the material in a steam chamber, making the fabric moldable.
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EssentialOperate Washer Extractor skill
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 …
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EssentialRead Care Labels skill
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, …
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EssentialUse Solvents skill
Clean products or surfaces by using solvents to dissolve or extract other unnecessary substances.
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Optional Skills (5 of 21 displayed)
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OptionalDyeing Technology knowledge
Processes involved in textile dyeing using different dyeing technologies. Also, addition of colours to textile materials using dye stuffs.
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OptionalCleaning Industry Health And Safety Measures knowledge
Preventive and interventional methods used in the cleaning industry to maintain health and safety for all workers and tertiary persons.
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OptionalLeather Colour Chemistry knowledge
Understand colour chemistry, the application and behaviour of dyes and colouring materials in relation to leather.
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OptionalOrganisational Policies knowledge
The policies to achieve set of goals and targets regarding the development and maintenance of an organisation.
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OptionalPersonal Protective Equipment knowledge
Types of protective materials and equipment foreseen for various types of tasks such as general or specialised cleaning activities.
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OptionalProperties Of Fabrics knowledge
The influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types, their physical and …
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OptionalSource Colour Chemicals knowledge
Full range of available dyes and colours chemicals suitable for leather and where to source them.
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OptionalTypes Of Bleach knowledge
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.
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OptionalControl Temperature skill
Measure and adjust temperature of a given space or object.
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OptionalDispose Waste skill
Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.
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OptionalEvaluate Garment Quality skill
Evaluating stitching, construction, attachments, fasteners, embellishments, shading within the garment; evaluating pattern continuity, matching; evaluating tapes and linings.
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OptionalGreet Guests skill
Welcome guests in a friendly manner in a certain place.
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OptionalHandle Customer Complaints skill
Administer complaints and negative feedback from customers in order to address concerns and where applicable provide a quick service recovery.
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OptionalIdentify Defects On Raw Hides skill
Analyse, identify and evaluate the possible defects present on raw hides/skins. Defects may be of natural origin (e.g. damage by parasites), caused by bad practices at the farm, in transport, …
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OptionalMonitor Stock Level skill
Evaluate how much stock is used and determine what should be ordered.
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OptionalPack Goods skill
Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.
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OptionalProcess Payments skill
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 …
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OptionalSell Products skill
Encourage sales by identifying the customer's buying needs and by promoting benefits and features of the organisation's products. Respond to and resolve customer objections and agree to mutually beneficial terms …
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OptionalSell Services skill
Encourage sales by identifying the customer's buying needs and by promoting benefits and features of the organisation's services. Respond to and resolve customer objections and agree to mutually beneficial terms …
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OptionalFollow Up Orders For Customers skill
Follow-up/tracking of an order and notifying the customer when the goods have arrived.
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OptionalOperate Dry Cleaning Pressing Machines skill
Use assigned equipment such as shirt, sleeve, collar, cuff and single or double buck pressing machines to press a variety of customers garments.
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