RecordOccupation

Where a laundry worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a laundry worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Laundry workers operate and monitor machines that use chemicals to wash or dry-clean articles such as cloth and leather garments, linens, drapes or carpets, ensuring the color and texture of these articles is being maintained. They work in laundry shops and industrial laundry companies and sort the articles received from clients by fabric type. They also determine the cleaning technique to be applied.

Highest coverage recorded: 79%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 1difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 42required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

laundry ironer 79% covered · difficulty 20.5

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

Look up another occupation

laundry worker is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a laundry worker already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.