Job Description:

• 1) Washes, dries, and irons articles in hand-laundries and laundromats, using equipment, such as hand iron, and small washing and drying machines: Sorts articles on worktable or in baskets on floor to separate special washes, such as fugitives and starch work.

• 2) Loads and unloads washing and drying machines, and adds detergent powder and bleach as required.

• 3) Folds fluff-dry articles preparatory to wrapping.

• 4) Presses wearing apparel, using hand iron.

• 5) Assembles, wraps, or bags laundered articles for delivery to customer.

• 6) Some hand laundries are machine-equipped and only touching-up is done by hand iron; in others, some articles, such as flatwork and shirts, are sent to larger machine-equipped plants.