About the job
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker
Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
Top activities and tasks for this job:
- Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
- Apply bleaching powders to spots and spray them with steam to remove stains from fabrics that do not respond to other cleaning solvents.
- Start washers, dry cleaners, driers, or extractors, and turn valves or levers to regulate machine processes and the volume of soap, detergent, water, bleach, starch, and other additives.
- Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.
- Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.
- Sort and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hang them.
- Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.
- Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
About the test (Full Version)
The Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker Pre-Employment Assessment was designed to help you hire staff in this role. The test provides a whole-person evaluation by measuring job-relevant cognitive ability, personality, knowledge, skills, and relevant behavioral history.
Each component provides important data for hiring decisions. Cognitive ability has been linked to overall job performance in most jobs and correlates with a candidate's
ability to learn new skills and to solve complex problems. Personality characteristics determine how well the candidate will fit-in with a corporate culture. Knowledge and skills indicate how much training will be needed before a new employee becomes productive. Finally, relevant behavioral history detects counter-productive behaviors that can impact job performance.
The Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker test includes an animated work simulation in which candidates meet customers, colleagues and supervisors in a job-related context. Post-test surveys indicate the majority of candidates react favorably to these simulations.
The specific attributes measured include:
Cognitive Ability
- Memory / Attention to Detail / Logic & Reasoning
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Behavioral History
- History Survey - Performance
- History Survey - Tenure
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Personality
- Adaptability / Flexibility
- Conscientiousness
- Reliability
- Service Orientation
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Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy and Emotional Self-Control
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Following completion, the test produces a Candidate Selection Report that includes an overall score and detailed scores for each attribute. The overall score weighs each of the factors based on research and analysis from the U.S. Government's Occupational Information Network (O*Net). O*Net represents over a decade of dedicated research evaluating the relative importance of various factors that lead to success in almost 1,000 different job roles.
The Candidate Selection Report also provides expert interview questions that help you probe critical or low-scoring areas, along with a guide for noting your evaluation of the candidate's responses. Consistent use of an interview guide is an important part of gaining better candidate insights and making better hiring decisions.
More information about this Job
| Annual US Wages (2023) |
| Bottom 10%: | | $23,670 or less |
| Bottom 25%: | | $27,690 or less |
| Median: | | $31,050 (Average) |
| Top 25%: | | $35,460 or more |
| Top 10%: | | $38,920 or more |
| Hourly US Wages (2023) |
| Bottom 10%: | | $11.38 or less |
| Bottom 25%: | | $13.31 or less |
| Median: | | $14.93 (Average) |
| Top 25%: | | $17.05 or more |
| Top 10%: | | $18.71 or more |
| US Employment Statistics |
| 2023: | | 195,400 |
| 2033 (projected): | | 206,200 |
| Annual U.S. Job Openings: | 28,900 |
Top Knowledge Requirements
- Customer and Personal Service
- Production and Processing
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Chemistry
- Law and Government
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Top Skills
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Time Management
- Social Perceptiveness
- Operations Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Judgment and Decision Making
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Top Abilities
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Speech Recognition
- Near Vision
- Control Precision
- Manual Dexterity
- Speech Clarity
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| Education Requirements |
| No High School Diploma: | | 65% |
| High School Diploma: | | 34% |
| This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role who have their highest education in each category. |
| Related Work Experience Requirements |
| None: | | 32% |
| Less than 1 Month: | | 24% |
| 1 - 3 Months: | | 24% |
| 3 - 6 Months: | | 7% |
| 6 Months - 1 Year: | | 7% |
| 1 - 2 Years: | | 5% |
| This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role whose related work experience before they entered this position falls into each category. |
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