Pressers, Textile, Garment, & Related Materials
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
No formal educational credential
Details
Education Details
59%
Less than a High School Diploma
26%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
14%
Doctoral Degree
1%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Salary
High:
$37,760.00
Average:
$30,650.00
Hourly
Average:
$14.73
Summary of What they do:
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
Responsibilities
Tasks On The Job
- Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
- Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.
- Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps.
- Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
- Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.
- Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
- Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
- Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
- Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- Identify and treat spots on garments.
- Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.
- Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
- Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
- Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- 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.
- Press ties on small pressing machines.
- Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
- Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
- Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
- Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
- Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines.
- Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
- 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.
- Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
- Use covering cloths to prevent equipment from damaging delicate fabrics.
Personality Strengths:
Determined by your work personality assessment.
Strength:
Determined by your Aptitude Aversion Assessment (A3).
Caution:
Potentially negative impact as a result of your A3.
Warning:
Likely negative impact as a result of your A3.
Potential Strength:
A characteristic you could perform competently, but may not come naturally.
PERSONALITY
KEY:
Personality Strengths
Strength
Caution
Warning
Potential Strength
| Your Assessment Results |
IMPORTANT STRENGTHS
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90% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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WORK VALUES
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56% | Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. | |
APTITUDES
KEY:
Personality Strengths
Strength
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Potential Strength
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ABILITIES | SKILLS
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66% | Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |
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60% | Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |
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56% | Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |
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56% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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53% | Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |
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53% | Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |
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TASKS | ACTIVITIES
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73% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | |
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70% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. | |
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70% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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64% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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59% | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. | |
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58% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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56% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
| Your Assessment Results |
CONTEXT | ATTRIBUTES
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82% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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81% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? | |
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80% | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) | |
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77% | Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams - How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams? | |
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77% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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74% | Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals - How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job? | |
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74% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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69% | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings - How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? | |
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67% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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62% | Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job? | |
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61% | Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? | |
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61% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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60% | Level of Competition - To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? | |
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58% | Health and Safety of Other Workers - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? | |
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51% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)? | |