Education:
59%
Less than a High School Diploma
26%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Pressers, Textile, Garment, & Related Materials
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
No formal educational credential
Salary
High:
$37,760.00
Average:
$30,650.00
Hourly
Average:
$14.73
What they do:
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
On the job, you would:
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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91% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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90% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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83% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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82% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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80% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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78% | Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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76% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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75% | Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
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73% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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72% | Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. | |
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72% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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71% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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70% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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69% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
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68% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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65% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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100% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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72% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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56% | Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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66% | Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |
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60% | Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |
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56% | Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |
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56% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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53% | Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |
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53% | Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
Package products for storage or shipment.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Select production equipment according to product specifications.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.
Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
Clean production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Adjust fabrics or other materials during garment production.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Clean fabrics or apparel.
Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Select production equipment according to product specifications.
Install mechanical components in production equipment.
Inspect garments for defects, damage, or stains.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Operate sewing equipment.
Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
Cut fabrics.
Smooth garments with irons, presses, or steamers.
Clean fabrics or apparel.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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82% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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81% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? | |
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80% | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) | |
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77% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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77% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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74% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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74% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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69% | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings - How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? | |
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67% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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62% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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61% | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? | |
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61% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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60% | Level of Competition - To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? | |
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58% | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? | |
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51% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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73% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | |
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70% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. | |
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70% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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64% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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59% | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. | |
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58% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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56% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |