Occupation Atlaslaundry worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0da51178-e386-4534-ae71-15ba789ad756
laundry worker
Laundry workers operate and monitor machines that use chemicals to wash or dry-clean articles such as cloth and leather garments, linens, drapes or carpets, ensuring the color and texture of these articles is being maintained. They work in laundry shops and industrial laundry companies and sort the articles received from clients by fabric type. They also determine the cleaning technique to be applied.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.38
- C Conventional4.26
- E Enterprising1.54
- S Social1.36
- A Artistic1.18
- I Investigative1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers (51-6011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply prespotting
- clean household linens
- collect items for laundry service
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- eliminate stains
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- handle linen in stock
- identify cloth items
- inspect dry cleaning materials
- iron textiles
- maintain cleaning equipment
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with customers
- operate tumble dryer
- operate tunnel finisher machine
- operate washer extractor
- quality standards
- read care labels
- types of staining
- use solvents
Optional (21)
- cleaning industry health and safety measures
- control temperature
- dyeing technology
- evaluate garment quality
- follow up orders for customers
- greet guests
- handle customer complaints
- identify defects on raw hides
- leather colour chemistry
- maintain wardrobe
- monitor stock level
- operate dry cleaning pressing machines
- organisational policies
- pack goods
- personal protective equipment
- process payments
- properties of textile materials
- sell products
- sell services
- source colour chemicals
- types of bleach
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
laundry ironer
9 shared · 2 more of its ownidentify cloth items, read care labels, collect items for laundry service, handle linen in stock
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drapery and carpet cleaner
6 shared · 12 more of its owneliminate stains, types of staining, use solvents, maintain cleaning equipment
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domestic cleaner
4 shared · 16 more of its ownclean household linens, maintain cleaning equipment, iron textiles, handle chemical cleaning agents
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linen room attendant
3 shared · 4 more of its ownclean household linens, collect items for laundry service, handle linen in stock
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wearing apparel presser
3 shared · 7 more of its owniron textiles, distinguish accessories, distinguish fabrics
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beauty salon attendant
3 shared · 14 more of its ownmaintain customer service, maintain relationship with customers, quality standards
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laundromat attendant
3 shared · 14 more of its ownoperate tumble dryer, read care labels, maintain customer service
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spa attendant
3 shared · 18 more of its ownmaintain cleaning equipment, maintain customer service, quality standards
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