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Launderers, Dry Cleaners and Pressers

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About this career

£19,710

Median salary

New workers start around £8,885.46. Normal pay is £19,710 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £42,919.24.
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Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • Performs a variety of laundering, dry cleaning and pressing tasks, including beating carpets and shaping starched collars, cuffs and hats.
  • Allocates washing machines to customers, ensures correct use of equipment and gives change.
  • Sets and operates drying machines and smooths and shapes washed garments using hand iron or machine press.
  • Loads articles into washing and dry cleaning machines or electrically operated drum cleaning machine, operates controls to admit cleaning fluids and starts machine.
  • Removes difficult stains using chemicals or steam gun.
  • Sorts articles by fabric, colour and type and determines appropriate cleaning process.
  • Receives garment or item from customer for cleaning, checks pockets, buttons, zips, etc. and issues receipt.

Skills

Job postings

Learning Strategies
48
Reading Comprehension
45
Critical Thinking
41
Speaking
40
Writing
40
Active Listening
39
Monitoring
38
Active Learning
32
Mathematics
29
Science
23