Description
Sort clothing items according to their colour or fabric by inspecting and reading care tags or labels. They indicate agitations, how a particular fabric should best be washed, bleached, dryed, ironed and cleaned.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Laundry workerLaundry 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 …
- Laundry ironerLaundry ironers re-shape clothing items and linen and remove creases from them by using irons, presses and steamers. They clean and maintain the ironing and drying area and organis…
- Laundromat attendantLaundromat attendants assist the customers of self-servicing laundries with issues related to coin-machines, dryers or vending machines. They maintain the general cleanliness of th…
Optional for
- Laundry and dry cleaning managerLaundry and dry cleaning managers oversee the laundry operations in an institutional laundry. They supervise laundry and dry cleaning staff, plan and enforce safety procedures, ord…
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Last updated on February 19, 2026