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Laundry and drycleaning workers. Laundry and drycleaning
workers clean cloth garments, linens, draperies, blankets, and other
articles. They also may clean leather, suede, furs, and rugs. When
necessary, they treat spots and stains on articles before laundering or
drycleaning. They tend machines during cleaning and ensure that items are
not lost or misplaced with those of another customer. Pressers,
textile, garment, and related materials shape and remove wrinkles
from items after steam pressing them or ironing them by hand. Workers then
assemble each customer’s items, box or bag them, and prepare an itemized
bill for the customer. Laundries and drycleaning establishments often are
hot and noisy; those in retail stores, however, tend to be less noisy and
more comfortable. Areas in which shoe and leather workers make or repair
shoes and other leather items can be noisy, and odors from leather dyes
and stains frequently are present. Workers need to pay close attention
when working with machines, in order to avoid punctures, lacerations, and
abrasions.
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