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Job Description
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-6021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 22,270.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 10.00
- Currently, there are 45,150 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials”.
Also Known As…
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
- Silk Presser
- Shirt Presser
- Pressing Machine Operator
- Presser
- Pants Presser
- Garment Presser
- Dry Cleaner Presser
- Yoke Presser
- Wool Presser
- Vest Presser
- Under Presser
- Tie Presser
- Strip Presser
- Straw Hat Plunger Operator
- Steaming Cabinet Tender
- Steamer
- Steam Presser
- Steam Press Tender
- Steam Press Operator
- Steam Clothes Press Operator
- Slip Presser
- Sleever
- Sleeve Presser Operator
- Sleeve Ironer
- Silk Finisher
- Shirt Line Operator
- Shirt Ironer
- Shirt Folder
- Shaper and Presser
- Seam Presser
- Pressure Steamer Tender
- Pressing Machine Operator/Tender
- Press Operator
- Patching Machine Operator
- Patch Press Operator
- Molder
- Millinery Blocker
- Manufacturing Operator
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Mangler
- Mangle Feeder
- Machine Straw Hat Presser
- Machine Presser
- Leather Finisher
- Layer Off
- Laundry Presser
- Laundry Press Operator
- Knitted Goods Shaper
- Ironing Pleater
- Ironer
- Hydraulic Press Operator
- Hat Steamer
- Hat Presser
- Hat Lining Blocker
- Hat Ironer
- Hat Blocker
- Handkerchief Presser
- Hand Presser
- Hand Ironer
- Hand Flatwork Finisher
- Garment Steamer
- Fur Ironer
- Form Presser
- Flatwork Presser
- Flatwork Ironer
- Flatwork Finisher
- Flat Ironer
- Flat Finisher
- Flap Presser
- Delicate Fabrics Presser
- Curtain Stretcher
- Creaser
- Coat Presser
- Clothing Presser Apprentice
- Clothing Presser
- Clothes Presser
- Clothes Ironer
- Calender Machine Operator
- Buffing Wheel Presser
- Brim Presser
- Brim and Crown Presser
- Bobbin Presser
- Blocker
- Automatic Presser
- Armhole Presser
- All-Around Presser
Tasks for “Drapery Head Former”
- Use covering cloths to prevent equipment from damaging delicate fabrics.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
- Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
- Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.
- Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.
- Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.
- Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.
- Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
- Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons.
- Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables.
- Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
- Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
- Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
- Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
- Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
- Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.
- Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps.
- Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
- Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.
- Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
- Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
- Press ties on small pressing machines.
- Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
- Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
- Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines.
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
Related Technology & Tools
- Small pressing machines
- Puff irons
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Tunnel presses
- Steam tables
- Measuring tapes
- Digital micrometers
- Pressing forms
- Slip joint pliers
- Multipurpose screwdrivers
- Guides
- Steam fabric pressing machines
- Multipurpose hangers
- Fabric shears
- Personal computers
- Handheld sprayers
- Electric fabric cutters
- Hoists
- Measuring gauges
- Fabric cleaning brushes
- Multipurpose hammers
- Heavy duty ironing boards
- Industrial sewing machines
- Hand irons
- Flat pressers
- Hydraulic pressing machines
- Hot-head presses
- Microsoft Word
- Email software
- Microsoft Excel