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Fabric Mender

Fabric Presser

Fabric Bleacher & Dyer Machine Operator

Garment Worker

EMPLOY participants can perform some or all of these functions:

• Activate and operate pressing machine
• Press materials such as garments, drapes, and slipcovers, using hand iron
• Finish pleated garments
• Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, according to pressing instructions, using hoist and hand tools
• Key-in processing instructions to program electronic equipment
• Start machines and equipment to process and finish textile goods prior to further processing
• Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoe, or plates, according to specifications
• Thread ends of cloth or twine through specified sections of equipment prior to processing
• Measure and cut fabric to specifications
• Sew ends of cloth to form endless length of cloth to facilitate processing
• Sew end of new material to leader or to end of material in pressing machine
• Mount roll of cloth or place textile goods in machine, using hoist
• Test solutions used to process textile goods to detect variations from standards
• Dilute or strengthen solutions as indicated by tests
• Soak specified textile products for designated time
• Apply cleaning solvents and brush materials made of suede, leather, and felt, to remove spots, and raise and smooth nap
• Shrink, stretch or block articles by hand, to conform to original measurements
• Remove items from tanks and machines for drying and further processing
• Ravel seams connecting cloth ends after processing is completed
• Observe display screen, control panel and equipment, and cloth entering or exiting process to determine equipment adjustments
• Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices, including tape measure and micrometer
• Clean and maintain machines