Where a wearing apparel presser can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wearing apparel presser already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Wearing apparel pressers use steam irons, vacuum pressers, or hand pressers to shape wearing apparel.
Also known as ironing lady, pressing machine operator for garment and related materials, garment presser, topper-press operator, ironing person, apparel presser, ironer, hand pressing operator, steam flattener, hand presser for garment and related materials, presser for garment and related materials.
Elementary occupations 12 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: sewing machinist, 63%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A wearing apparel presser needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- perform process control in the wearing apparel industry working with machinery and specialised equipment
- alter wearing apparel handling and moving
- iron textiles handling and moving
- manufacture wearing apparel products handling and moving
- manufacturing of made-up textile articles engineering, manufacturing and construction
- coordinate manufacturing production activities management skills
- manufacturing of wearing apparel engineering, manufacturing and construction
- distinguish accessories information skills
- distinguish fabrics information skills
- prepare production prototypes communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wearing apparel presser does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- clothing product grader 78% covered · difficulty 19.2
- sewing machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 23.2
- clothing quality inspector 69% covered · difficulty 27.5
- sewing machinist 63% covered · difficulty 30.8
- clothing cutter 56% covered · difficulty 37.7
- clothing operations manager 44% covered · difficulty 48.1
- embroidery machine operator 44% covered · difficulty 47.5
- laundry ironer 28% covered · difficulty 60.3
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Wearing apparel presser is filed under Elementary occupations, ISCO major group 9. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wearing apparel presser’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.