Machine Washer: A description for the machine washer job
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Machine Washer: Steam cleaner, machine, wet cleaner, machine, wet washer, machine Tends one or more machines that wash commercial, industrial, or household articles, for example garments, blankets, curtains, draperies, fine linens, and rags: Loads, or directs workers engaged in loading, machine with articles requiring identical treatment. Starts machine and turns valves to admit specified amounts of soap, detergent, water, bluing, and bleach. Adds starch to loads of such articles as curtains or linens, when bell signal indicates that washing cycle is completed. Removes, or directs workers in removing, articles from washer and into handtrucks or extractors. May also wash delicate fabrics by hand. May also mix solutions, for example bleach, bluing, or starch, and apply them to articles before or after washing to remove color or improve appearance. May also spot-clean articles, before washing, to remove heavy stains. May also sterilize items. May also hang curtains, draperies, or blankets on stretch-frames to dry. May also brush blankets, or feed blankets into carding machine, to raise and fluff nap. May also pull trousers over heated metal forms to dry and stretch legs. May also load and remove articles from extractor or drier by hand or hoist, using metal basket or cord mesh bag. May also tend semiautomatic or computer-controlled washing machines that automatically select water levels, temperature, cleaning additives, and wash cycle according to type of articles to be laundered. May also tend machines that dry articles. When washing contaminated laundry from hospital isolation wards, may also be designated Isolation-Washer (laundry industry). May also be designated according to type of articles washed as Flatwork Washer (laundry industry), Overall Washer (laundry industry), Rag Washer (laundry industry), Washer, Blanket (laundry industry).
Job industry: laundry industry
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