On-the-job training

Usually work 40 hours per week.

May work evenings and weekends, if employed by laundry and dry cleaning services.

Clothes Pressers will:

Control machines and processes that make chemicals

Work indoors

Monitor all steps of the production process

Usually work alone

Clothes Pressers frequently:

Stand for long periods of time.

Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.

Repeat the same motions.

It is important that Clothes Pressers be able to:

Hold the arm and hand in one position or hold the hand steady while moving the arm.

Make quick, precise adjustments to machine controls.

Use fingers or hands to grasp, move, or assemble objects.

Adjust body movements or equipment controls to keep pace with speed changes of moving objects.

React quickly using hands, fingers, or feet.

Choose quickly and correctly among various movements when responding to different signals.