- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who operates dry cleaning machine to clean garments, drapes, and other materials, utilizing knowledge of cleaning processes, fabrics, and colors. Respnsibilities include:
* Sorts articles, places lot of sorted articles in drum of dry cleaning machine.
* Fastens cover and starts drum rotating.
* Turns or pushes valves, levers, and switches to admit cleaning solvent into drum.
* Adds liquid soap or chemicals to facilitate cleaning process.
* Tends extractor that removes excess cleaning solvent from articles.
* Tends tumbler that dries articles and removes odor of solvent from articles.
* Opens valves of dry cleaning machine to drain dirty solvent into filter tank.
* Adds chemicals to solvent to facilitate filtration, and starts electric pumps, forcing solvent through filters to screen lint, dirt, and other impurities.
* Pulls sludge box from bottom of tank to remove sludge.
* Starts electric pumps and turns valves to operate distilling system that reclaims dirty solvent.
* May operate dry cleaning machine that automatically extracts excess cleaning solvent from articles.
* May clean by hand articles that cannot be cleaned by machine because of amount of soil on article or delicacy of fabric.
* May add chemicals to dry cleaning machine to render garments water repellant.
* May spot articles.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans, by hand, articles, such as garments, drapes, lampshades, and leather goods that require individual treatment or are too delicate for machine cleaning. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines whether article will be cleaned with water or drycleaning solvents.
* Determines work aids to use, such as cloths, brushes, or sponges.
* Immerses articles in water or cleaning solvent, or dips brush or sponge into liquid and rubs article until clean.
* Observes work methods to ensure that articles are not damaged.
* Rinses and dries cleaned article.
* May bleach articles, such as draperies and bedspreads, to strip articles of color or discoloration.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans fur pieces and garments by hand or machine, using brushes, pads, sawdust, corncob dust, and cleaning fluids, determining procedure and type of cleaning agent from knowledge of difference in dyed, processed, or natural furs. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines fur for damage and to identify type of fur.
* Cleans furs, using either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) rubbing lining of garment and brushing collar, cuffs, and soiled areas, using pad and brush dipped in cleaning solvent or (2) placing furs in drum of cleaning machine containing treated sawdust or corncob dust.
* Removes sawdust or corncob dust from cleaned garments, using compressed air line nozzle or rotating drum.
* Dries fluid-cleaned garments, using extractor and either drying cabinet or tumbler drier.
* Beats or rubs fur with rattan or bamboo stick to fluff fur.
* May spray glazing compound on fur and brush by hand.
* May wash fur garment linings.
* May iron fur.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans fur pieces and fur garments, by hand, that are too delicate to be cleaned by machine. Respnsibilities include:
* Brushes fur pieces with handbrush dipped in cleaning fluid.
* Places garment or piece in box of sawdust or corncob dust and rubs dust through fur with hands to remove moisture and further clean fur.
* Removes cleaning dust from furs with electric blower.
* May brush or spray glazing compound on furs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans fur pieces and fur garments, by hand, that are too delicate to be cleaned by machine. Respnsibilities include:
* Brushes fur pieces with handbrush dipped in cleaning fluid.
* Places garment or piece in box of sawdust or corncob dust and rubs dust through fur with hands to remove moisture and further clean fur.
* Removes cleaning dust from furs with electric blower.
* May brush or spray glazing compound on furs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans upholstered furniture in plant or on customer's premises, using vacuum cleaner, brush, sponge, drycleaning fluids, or detergent solutions. Respnsibilities include:
* Cleans loose dust and dirt from furniture, using vacuum cleaner.
* Applies cleaning solutions selected according to stains and pats or rubs stained areas with brush or sponge to remove stains.
* Scrubs upholstery with brush and drycleaning solvents or detergent solutions and water to clean upholstery.
* Rubs leather or plastic surfaces with oiled cloth and buffs with cloth or hand buffer to restore softness and luster.
* May spray upholstery, using spray gun and solutions such as stain repellent or plastic fluid which reduces soil collection.
* May polish wooden parts of furniture.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans suede and leather garments, such as gloves, jackets, and coats. Respnsibilities include:
* Sorts and classifies articles into lots according to color, degree of dirtiness, and work to be performed.
* Brushes or sponges stains with fatty liquors (leather oils extracted from hides) to spot garment preparatory to cleaning.
* Observes surface and modifies pressure on brush according to type of leather to avoid damage to garment.
* Loads sorted articles into drum of cleaning machine.
* Turns valve to admit cleaning fluid into drum.
* Loads cleaned garments into extractor and tumbler to dry and fluff garments.
* May hand clean articles that are too delicate or badly soiled for machine cleaning.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends renovator machine that cleans feathers for reuse in pillows. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts pillow along seam and empties feathers into hopper of machine that automatically cleans and sterilizes feathers with ultra violet light or steam and hot air.
* Clamps new or cleaned pillow tick over discharge spout to refill pillow.
* Opens air valve to blow feathers into pillow tick.
* May sew opening in tick, using power sewing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends renovator machine that cleans feathers for reuse in pillows. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts pillow along seam and empties feathers into hopper of machine that automatically cleans and sterilizes feathers with ultra violet light or steam and hot air.
* Clamps new or cleaned pillow tick over discharge spout to refill pillow.
* Opens air valve to blow feathers into pillow tick.
* May sew opening in tick, using power sewing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists dry cleaner to dryclean or wet-clean garments, drapes, and other articles. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts drycleaning machines and adds filter powder and activated carbon to prepare machines for work.
* Loads and unloads drycleaning and washing machines, extractor, and tumbler.
* Moves articles to and from machines, using handtruck.
* Scrubs articles, such as shirts and raincoats which require more vigorous action than obtained from wet-cleaning machines, using brushes and soap solution.
* Cleans filter on drycleaning machines.
* Sorts and distributes cleaned garments to pressers.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
