Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
Tasks Include:
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
- Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- 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.
- Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
- Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
- Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -21.0%
National: -12.0%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
One: Little or No Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$32,240.00
State
$30,400.00
Regional
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Description
| Career Cluster: | Human Services
|
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 59.18%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 25.62%
- Doctoral Degree = 14.15%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.05%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 31.55%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.76%
- None = 17.50%
- Up to and including 1 month = 13.29%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.40%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.16%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.67%
- Over 10 years = 0.67%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 25.47%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 20.76%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 19.15%
- Up to and including 1 month = 15%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 12.40%
- None = 6.55%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.67%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 23.56%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.58%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 15.33%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.07%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.40%
- None or short demonstration = 4.07%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.
- Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- 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.
- Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.
- Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.
- Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
- Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.
- 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.
- Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.
- Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.
- Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.
- Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.
- Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.
- Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.
- Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.
- Press ties on small pressing machines.
- Identify and treat spots on garments.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.
- Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.
- Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps.
- Use covering cloths to prevent equipment from damaging delicate fabrics.
- Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
- Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.
- Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines.
- Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Knowledge
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 65.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
| 56.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Skills
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 50.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Abilities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 65.50 | 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. |
| 59.50 | 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. |
| 56.25 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
| 56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 53.00 | 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. |
| 53.00 | 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. |
| 50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
| 50.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Work Activities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
| 69.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical 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. |
| 69.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
| 63.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| 59.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| 58.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| 56.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| 50.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| 49.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Work Styles
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 90.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| 89.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| 83.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| 81.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| 80.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
| 78.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
| 76.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| 74.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
| 73.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| 72.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| 71.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| 71.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| 70.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 68.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| 67.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| 65.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Work Values
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 55.50 | 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. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Work Context
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 85.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
| 84.80 | 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? |
| 83.80 | 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.) |
| 81.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
| 81.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
| 79.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
| 78.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| 75.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
| 73.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| 69.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
| 68.60 | 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? |
| 68.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
| 67.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
| 66.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
| 60.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| 58.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
| 56.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| 56.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
| 54.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
| 53.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
| 53.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
| 52.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
| 51.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
| 51.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
| 51.00 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
- Examples
- These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include agricultural equipment operators, dishwashers, floor sanders and finishers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, logging equipment operators, baristas, and maids and housekeeping cleaners.
- Education
- Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
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Earnings Benefits*
| Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $23,650.00 | $32,240.00 | $36,050.00 |
| Virginia | $24,960.00 | $30,400.00 | $34,540.00 |
| Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
| Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $25,650.00 | $30,400.00 | $31,220.00 |
| Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Hampton Roads | $27,220.00 | $29,390.00 | $31,220.00 |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Northern Virginia | $25,830.00 | $34,860.00 | $36,510.00 |
| Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
| Current | Projected | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29,300 | 25,800 | -12.0% |
| Virginia | 675 | 533 | -21.0% |
| Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
| Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- All-Around Presser
- Armhole Presser
- Automatic Presser
- Blocker
- Bobbin Presser
- Brim and Crown Presser
- Brim Presser
- Buffing Wheel Presser
- Calender Machine Operator
- Clothes Ironer
- Clothes Presser
- Clothing Presser
- Clothing Presser Apprentice
- Coat Presser
- Creaser
- Curtain Stretcher
- Delicate Fabrics Presser
- Drapery Head Former
- Dry Cleaner Presser
- Flap Presser
- Flat Finisher
- Flat Ironer
- Flatwork Finisher
- Flatwork Ironer
- Flatwork Presser
- Form Presser
- Fur Ironer
- Garment Presser
- Garment Steamer
- Hand Flatwork Finisher
- Hand Ironer
- Hand Presser
- Handkerchief Presser
- Hat Blocker
- Hat Ironer
- Hat Lining Blocker
- Hat Presser
- Hat Steamer
- Hydraulic Press Operator
- Ironer
- Ironing Pleater
- Knitted Goods Shaper
- Laundry Press Operator
- Layer Off
- Leather Finisher
- Machine Presser
- Machine Straw Hat Presser
- Mangle Feeder
- Mangler
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Millinery Blocker
- Molder
- Pants Presser
- Patch Press Operator
- Patching Machine Operator
- Press Operator
- Presser
- Pressing Machine Operator
- Pressing Machine Operator/Tender
- Pressure Steamer Tender
- Seam Presser
- Shaper and Presser
- Shirt Folder
- Shirt Ironer
- Shirt Line Operator
- Shirt Presser
- Silk Finisher
- Silk Presser
- Sleeve Ironer
- Sleeve Presser Operator
- Sleever
- Slip Presser
- Steam Clothes Press Operator
- Steam Press Operator
- Steam Press Tender
- Steam Presser
- Steamer
- Steaming Cabinet Tender
- Straw Hat Plunger Operator
- Strip Presser
- Tie Presser
- Under Presser
- Vest Presser
- Wool Presser
- Yoke Presser
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