About this role
Drycleaners clean clothing, garments, upholstery and other fabrics using dry-cleaning agents and machines.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Drycleaner include:
- sorts articles according to colour, condition and type of material and decides on type of treatment to be given
- may make minor repairs such as replacing buttons
- places articles in drum and fastens cover before operating valves to feed chemical solution into machine
- operates controls to rotate drum or agitate contents, drains off solution after stopping machine
- removes articles and packs them into hand truck
- removes spots and stains by rubbing them with solvents
- filters solution after use to make it fit for re-use
- may do pressing using machine or heated flat iron
- places articles on shelves or on hangers for delivery or collection
- packages articles and prepares orders for dispatch.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Drycleaner
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- 1–2 years
- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available