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O*NET detailed work activityApply water or solutions to fabrics or apparel
Stays humanHands-on work
3 jobs13 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 13 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- 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.
- Clean and polish shoes.
- Sprinkle chemical solvents over stains, and pat areas with brushes or sponges to remove stains.
- Apply chemicals to neutralize the effects of solvents.
- Pre-soak, sterilize, scrub, spot-clean, and dry contaminated or stained articles, using neutralizer solutions and portable machines.
- Apply bleaching powders to spots and spray them with steam to remove stains from fabrics that do not respond to other cleaning solvents.
- Wash, dry-clean, or glaze delicate articles or fur garment linings by hand, using mild detergents or dry cleaning solutions.
- Spray steam, water, or air over spots to flush out chemicals, dry material, raise naps, or brighten colors.
- Rinse articles in water and acetic acid solutions to remove excess dye and to fix colors.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
- Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.
- Test fabrics in inconspicuous places to determine whether solvents will damage dyes or fabrics.
- Dye articles to change or restore their colors, using knowledge of textile compositions and the properties and effects of bleaches and dyes.