Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a laundry worker can go next

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

Laundry workers operate and monitor machines that use chemicals to wash or dry-clean articles such as cloth and leather garments, linens, drapes or carpets, ensuring the color and texture of these articles is being maintained. They work in laundry shops and industrial laundry companies and sort the articles received from clients by fabric type. They also determine the cleaning technique to be applied.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: laundry ironer, 79%

laundry ironer 79% covered laundromat attendant 45% covered drapery and carpet cleaner 39% covered spa attendant 36% covered linen room attendant 35% covered laundry worker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from laundry worker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a laundry worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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laundry worker 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a laundry worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.