Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

• Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
• Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
• Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
• Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
• Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
• Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons.
• Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
• Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
• Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
• Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables.
• Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
• Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.
• Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.
• Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.
• Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
• Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
• Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
• Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials.

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials.