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Jobs / Production and manufacturing / 51-6021.00

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials

Press or shape articles by hand or machine.

US jobs
26,120
Median wage
$35,060 a year
Job family
Production and manufacturing

Can agents do the work of pressers, textile, garment, and related materials?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 40%Operate industrial processing or production equipmentNot measured
  • 14%Position workpieces or materials on equipmentNot measured
  • 10%Prepare industrial materials for processing or useNot measured
  • 6%Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objectsNot measured
  • 5%Select materials or equipment for operations or projectsNot measured
  • 3%Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performanceNot measured
  • 3%Set up equipmentNot measured
  • 2%Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processingNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in production and manufacturing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
  • Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
  • Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
  • Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
  • Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
  • Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
  • Identify and treat spots on garments.
  • Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
  • Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
  • Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
  • Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
  • 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.
Other job titles for this occupation (80)

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