Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
<ul><li>Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.</li><li>Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, or extractors, and turn valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and other additives.</li><li>Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.</li><li>Sort and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hang them.</li><li>Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.</li><li>Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.</li><li>Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.</li><li>Receive and mark articles for laundry or dry cleaning with identifying code numbers or names, using hand or machine markers.</li></ul>