Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a laundry ironer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a laundry ironer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Laundry ironers re-shape clothing items and linen and remove creases from them by using irons, presses and steamers. They clean and maintain the ironing and drying area and organise the items accordingly.

Also known as laundry assistant, dry cleaning worker, dry cleaner, laundry worker, presser, laundry attendant, clothes presser, steam presser, fur ironer, clothes ironer, laundry presser.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: laundry worker, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
laundry worker 39% covered wearing apparel presser 28% covered braiding textile technician 28% covered laundromat attendant 25% covered linen room attendant 22% covered laundry ironer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from laundry ironer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a laundry ironer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A laundry ironer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • operate dry cleaning pressing machines handling and moving
  • identify cloth items handling and moving
  • sort textile items handling and moving
  • read care labels handling and moving
  • collect items for laundry service handling and moving
  • handle linen in stock handling and moving
  • iron textiles handling and moving
  • distinguish accessories information skills
  • distinguish fabrics information skills
  • maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a laundry ironer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Laundry ironer is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a laundry ironer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.