- 업종: Government; Labor
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A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in conjunction with other workers to finish and fold shirts. Respnsibilities include:
* Places collar, cuffs, and yoke on curved, padded forms of pressing machine.
* Pushes button or moves lever to lower pressing head and press shirt parts.
* Pulls sleeves of shirt over heated form to finish, or pulls sleeve over padded forms and presses button to insert forms into cabinet to iron sleeves.
* Lays back of shirt on buck (table) of pressing machine.
* Depresses pedal or pushes button to lower pressing head onto shirt.
* Drapes shirt over form and pushes buttons to rotate form into steam cabinet to press shirt bosom.
* Folds finished shirts around piece of cardboard on folding board or on folding machine.
* Finishes detached collars by feeding collars into equipment for dampening, shaping, and pressing.
* May be designated according to part of garment ironed as Body Presser; Bosom Presser; Shirt-Collar-And-Cuff Presser; Shirt Folder II; Yoke Presser.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds laundered flatwork articles, such as sheets, pillowcases, tablecloths, and napkins into machine that automatically spreads and presses finished articles. Respnsibilities include:
* Shakes wrinkles and folds from semidry flatwork.
* Lays edge of flatwork articles on feeder roller that conveys articles into machine, shaking, smoothing, and guiding by hand during ironing process to prevent folds and wrinkles.
* Folds flatwork pieces discharged from machine, and places articles on table for assembly.
* Rejects faulty articles for reprocessing.
* May be designated according to operation performed as Flatwork Catcher; Flatwork Feeder; Flatwork Folder; Shaker, Flatwork.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who pulls gloves over heated, hand-shaped form and smooths with hands, cloth, or brush to shape and press gloves.
* Presses thick portion of heavy gloves by beating finger tips and seams with wooden block.
* May smooth glove between fingers (crotch) by pulling rake (pronged bar) over gloved form.
* May examine glove while pressing to detect defects.
* May turn seams inside.
* May sew ripped seams and small tears by hand.
* May apply chemical solution and rub gloves with cloth to remove stains.
* May apply chemical or ready-mixed tint with cloth to restore original color to gloves.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who pulls socks and stockings over heated metal forms to dry and finish them.
* Folds and stacks the ironed socks and stockings.
* May cover small hole with adhesive cloth patch and apply heat to secure patch to fabric of sock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who slides material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped form to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat presser or hand iron.
* May use hand iron to complete pressing of garment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who stretches and dries household articles, such as blankets, curtains, and linen tablecloths that require special treatment to protect delicate fabrics and retain desired measurements, using any of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Attaches article to projecting wires of adjustable stretcher and pushes, or rotates frame on locking pivot, to position article in drying cabinet.
* (2) Attaches curtains or blankets to horizontal frame mounted over steampipes and turns valve to allow steam to heat pipes and dry articles.
* (3) Adjusts levers to clamp and stretch drapes and comforts in horizontal frame of drapery former.
* May card (brush) blankets with wire-bristled handbrush to raise nap or feed blankets into carding machine.
* May touch-up (press) bindings and ruffles with hand iron.
* May guide ruffles of curtains through grooved, heated rollers to fluting machine that press fluting (grooves) in fabric.
* May fold and stack articles.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dyes articles, such as garments, drapes, and slipcovers in kettles or dyeing machines, and mixes dyes and chemicals according to standard formulas or by matching customers' samples against color cards that provide formulas. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines garment to identify fabric and original dye by sight, touch, or by testing sample with fire or chemical reagent.
* Computes and weighs out powdered dye, oil, and acids, following formulas.
* Dissolves dye in boiling water and tests dye on swatch of fabric.
* Adds dyes to water until desired color is produced.
* Immerses garment in solution and stirs with stick, or dyes garment in rotary-drum or paddle-dyeing machine.
* Removes or directs dyer helper to remove garments from kettle or machine, and rinses them in water and acetic acid solution to remove excess dye and to fix colors.
* Directs dyer helper in operation of extractor and drier.
* May mix chemicals to make bleaching bath, and immerse garments in bath before dyeing to remove original colors.
* May use spray gun to spray dye onto garments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dyes articles, such as garments, drapes, and slipcovers in kettles or dyeing machines, and mixes dyes and chemicals according to standard formulas or by matching customers' samples against color cards that provide formulas. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines garment to identify fabric and original dye by sight, touch, or by testing sample with fire or chemical reagent.
* Computes and weighs out powdered dye, oil, and acids, following formulas.
* Dissolves dye in boiling water and tests dye on swatch of fabric.
* Adds dyes to water until desired color is produced.
* Immerses garment in solution and stirs with stick, or dyes garment in rotary-drum or paddle-dyeing machine.
* Removes or directs dyer helper to remove garments from kettle or machine, and rinses them in water and acetic acid solution to remove excess dye and to fix colors.
* Directs dyer helper in operation of extractor and drier.
* May mix chemicals to make bleaching bath, and immerse garments in bath before dyeing to remove original colors.
* May use spray gun to spray dye onto garments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dyes rugs to match sample color, basing work procedure on knowledge of properties of bleaching agents and dyes, and on type, construction, condition, and colors of rug. Respnsibilities include:
* Measures amounts of bleaches and dyes and mixes components with boiling water in vats.
* Immerses rug in bleaching bath to strip colors and in color bath to dye rug.
* May loop rug around reel that revolves rug in dye bath.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who touches up worn and faded spots on cleaned rugs, using oil paint to restore color and contour of original pattern. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines rug to determine color to apply.
* Selects matching paint and works paint into pile of rug pattern with stylus.
* May use inks instead of paints.
* May mix colors to attain matching color and shade.
Industry:Professional careers
