CompGeo Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment Salary Survey Benchmark Job Description and Competencies - Manufacturing Occupation Group

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Summary Job Description

Tasks

Operate or tend pressing machines, such as hot-head pressing, steam pressing, automatic pressing, ironing, plunger pressing, and hydraulic pressing machines, to press and shape articles such as leather, fur, and cloth garments, drapes, slipcovers, handkerchiefs, and millinery.

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 velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes.

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.

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.

Press ties on small pressing machines.

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.

Operate or tend pressing machines, such as hot-head pressing, steam pressing, automatic pressing, ironing, plunger pressing, and hydraulic pressing machines, to press and shape articles such as leather, fur, and cloth garments, drapes, slipcovers, handkerchiefs, and millinery.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Important Knowledge Competencies

Competency Description

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

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.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Important Skill Competencies

Competency Description

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Important Ability Competencies

Competency Description

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.

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.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

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.

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.

Rate Control

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Reaction Time

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

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.

Near Vision

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Prerequisite Qualification Category

Education and Experience Level

On-the-Job Training

Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month

On-Site or In-Plant Training

Up to and including 1 month

Required Level of Education

Less than a High School Diploma

Related Work Experience

None

Required Level of Education

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

Alternate Job Title(s)

All-Around Presser

Armhole Presser

Automatic Presser

Blocker

Bobbin Presser

Brim Presser

Brim and Crown 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

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Textile/Apparel/Furnishings

Benchmark Title: Pressing Machine Operators Textile/Garment

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