Will AI Replace Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?

Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.

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Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.

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Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.

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Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.

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Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.

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Identify and treat spots on garments.

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Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.

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Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.

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Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.

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Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons.

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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.

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Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance.

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Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons.

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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.

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Moisten materials to soften and smooth them.

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Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.

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Press ties on small pressing machines.

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Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning.

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Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications.

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Use covering cloths to prevent equipment from damaging delicate fabrics.

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Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.

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

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Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading.

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Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons.

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Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps.

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Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.