Career Details :: Pressing Machine Operators and Tenders, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Description
Operate or tend pressing machines, such as hot-head pressing, steam pressing, automatic pressing, ironing, plunger pressing, and hydraulic pressing machines, to press and shape articles such as leather, fur, and cloth garments, drapes, slipcovers, handkerchiefs, and millinery.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Shrinks, stretches, or blocks articles by hand, to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
- Activates pressing machine to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or shape, form, or patch articles.
- Activates and adjusts machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoe, or plates, according to specifications.
- Moistens materials to soften and smoothes and straightens materials with hands to prepare for machine pressing.
- Hangs, folds, packages, and tags finished articles for delivery to customer.
- Cleans and maintains pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
- Presses materials, such as garments, drapes, and slipcovers, using hand iron.
- Applies cleaning solvents and brushes materials made of suede, leather, and felt to remove spots and raise and smooth nap.
- Examines and measures finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices, including tape measure and micrometer.
- Selects, installs, and adjusts machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, according to pressing instructions, using hoist and hand tools.
- Removes finished pieces from pressing machine and hangs or stacks for cooling, or forwards for additional processing.
- Sews end of new material to leader or to end of material in pressing machine, using sewing machine.
- Lowers iron, ram, or pressing head of machine into position over material to be pressed.
- Positions materials, such as cloth garments, felt, or straw, on table, die, or feeding mechanism of pressing machine.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Evaluating Information Against Standards
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
Important Skills
- Operation and Control
- Product Inspection
- Operation Monitoring
- Equipment Selection
- Problem Identification
Frequent Work Context
- Indoors
- Degree of Automation
- Hazardous Situations
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Hazardous Situations
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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