Personnel Specialized in Dry Cleaning
Job description
These individuals perform a variety of tasks to clean clothes and articles (operating machines, packing, ironing, etc.). They work in:
- Laundries
- Dry cleaning companies
- Fur cleaning companies
- Hotel laundries
- Hospitals
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operators
- Operate washers and dryers to wash and clean clothes and various items (sheets, blankets, towels, etc.).
- Air-dry fur garments.
- Dye and condition suede and leather garments.
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Assemblers and Inspectors
- Make sure items are properly washed or dry-cleaned.
- Take note of clothing and other items that are damaged, poorly cleaned, or bleached.
- Make alterations.
- Assemble and pack items.
- Match invoices to item labels.
Ironers, Pressers, and Finishers
- Iron clothes and items.
- Hand iron delicate items (e.g. silk).
- Make fur garments and items shine.
- Fold and wrap items
- Operate washing machines, as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience and additional training lead to supervisory positions.
- These individuals may specialize in finishing suede, leather, fur, or delicate items.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $15.25
- Median
- $19.00
- Maximum
- $21.69
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
4,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 60.6% Female
- 39.4% Male
Not available.
- 60.6% Female
- 39.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$38,800
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62341% of jobs
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NAICS 8137% of jobs
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NAICS 726% of jobs
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NAICS 313, 314, 315, 3165% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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Others8% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62341% of jobs
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NAICS 8137% of jobs
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NAICS 726% of jobs
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NAICS 313, 314, 315, 3165% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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Others8% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- A few years of secondary school education.
Sometimes required
- Experience as a Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operator may be required to clean suede, leather, and furs.
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machine Operators
- Experience as an Examiner or Packer may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Oral comprehension
- Manual dexterity
- Verbal skills
- Control accuracy
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Respect standards and regulations
- Friendliness
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 65320
Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
Job titles
- Laundry machine operator
- Laundry attendant
- Presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Laundry helper
- Dry cleaner helper
- Dry cleaning machine operator helper
- Apprentice dry cleaner
- Feather renovator
- Assembler - laundry and dry cleaning
- Launderer
- Framer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Blocker - laundry and dry cleaning
- Spotter - laundry and dry cleaning
- Bagger - laundry and dry cleaning
- Stretcher dryer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Hand finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Steam finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Leather finisher - dry cleaning
- Laundry finisher
- Shirt finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Flatwork finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Pleat finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Silk finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Inspector - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur steamer
- Fur glazer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Laundry labourer
- Marker - laundry and dry cleaning
- Cleaner and presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- Machine washer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Hand washer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Dry cleaner
- Leather cleaner
- Suede cleaner
- Hat cleaner
- Fur cleaner
- Machine fur cleaner
- Hand fur cleaner
- Drapery cleaner
- Garment cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- Extractor operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur-drummer machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Washing machine extractor operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Washing machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Shirt-folding machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fluting machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Steam press operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Patching machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur ironing machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Cleaning machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Dry cleaning machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Steam tunnel operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- Laundry worker
- Folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- Shirt folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- Flatwork folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- Pleat presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Tagger - laundry and dry cleaning
- Folding machine tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- Pressing machine tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- Tumble dryer tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- Checker - laundry and dry cleaning
- Washing machine extractor tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- Machine presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Hand presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Shirt presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur lining presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Curtain and drapery presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Velvet steamer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Clothes presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- Patcher - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur ironer glazer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Hand ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Fur ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Clothing ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Flatwork ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Dyer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Leather or suede sprayer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Garment dyer - laundry and dry cleaning
- Steam presser - laundry and dry cleaning
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: February 14, 2024