Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

What Does a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
• 2Start 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.
• 3Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.
• 4Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.
• 5Sort and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hang them.
• 6Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.
• 7Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
• 8Receive and mark articles for laundry or dry cleaning with identifying code numbers or names, using hand or machine markers.

Required Skills

• Cents
• Curbside Laundries Wash and Fold POS Software
• Email software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• Property management system PMS software
• Sales processing software
• Wash-Dry-Fold POS

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Salary