Skills
42 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
2 skills
Essential skills / competences
19 skills
Optional knowledge
8 skills
Optional skills / competences
13 skills
Overview
Laundry workers sort textiles, choose cleaning techniques and operate washing, dry-cleaning, drying, finishing and ironing equipment for garments, linens, drapes or carpets.
In job descriptions, look for fabric sorting, care labels, stain removal, solvents, chemical cleaning agents, washer extractors, tumble dryers, tunnel finishers, quality checks and customer items.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work follows the route of customer items through sorting, prespotting, washing or dry cleaning, drying, finishing, ironing, inspection, packing and stock handling.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include reading care labels, distinguishing fabrics, removing stains, handling solvents and cleaning agents, operating washer extractors, tumble dryers and tunnel finishers, and keeping equipment clean.
Salary context
Salary context depends on industrial versus shop setting, machine responsibility, chemical handling, shift patterns, volume targets, textile variety, customer service duties and quality checks on stains, colour and texture.
Career paths
Progression can move toward senior laundry operation, dry-cleaning pressing, stain specialist work, stock or order coordination, customer counter duties, quality inspection or team lead roles.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy is mainly machine operation, dry cleaning, ironing, customer intake or industrial volume work. Strong adverts name fabrics, machines, chemicals, care labels, finishing routines and inspection standards.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Laundry machine operators (8157)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0da51178-e386-4534-ae71-15ba789ad756 |
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| ESCO code | 8157.1 |
| ISCO group | 8157 |
| Concept type | Occupation |