Laundry ironer jobs in Finland
Laundry ironers re-shape clothing items and linen and remove creases from them by using irons, presses and steamers. They clean and maintain the ironing and drying area and organise the items accordingly.
Laundry ironer – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 13.43 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 11.23 €/h |
| Top tenth | 16.34 €/h |
| Employees | 3,076 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 13.43 €/h | 2,046 |
| Men | 13.44 €/h | 1,030 |
Laundry ironer - Which skills are essential?
Distinguish accessories in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate accessories based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.
Collect the dirty pieces of clothing or other linen within the facility and send it to the laundry service.
Manage laundered items and store them in safe and hygienic conditions.
Distinguish fabrics in order to determine differences among them. Evaluate fabrics based on their characteristics and their application in wearing apparel manufacturing.
Keep the highest possible customer service and make sure that the customer service is at all times performed in a professional way. Help customers or participants feel at ease and support special requirements.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Sort garments and other textiles to be pressed and ironed or for customer pick-up.
Use assigned equipment such as shirt, sleeve, collar, cuff and single or double buck pressing machines to press a variety of customers garments.
Count and collect the items, and provide them with the drop off and delivery dates. Fix tags with a safety pin or staple, describing important information about the customer. Apply special colored tags for different sorts of treatments, and assemble and re-assemble the order after the laundry and dry cleaning process.
Sort clothing items according to their colour or fabric by inspecting and reading care tags or labels. They indicate agitations, how a particular fabric should best be washed, bleached, dryed, ironed and cleaned.
Laundry ironer - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Handle customer expectations in a professional manner, anticipating and addressing their needs and desires. Provide flexible customer service to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Evaluating stitching, construction, attachments, fasteners, embellishments, shading within the garment; evaluating pattern continuity, matching; evaluating tapes and linings.
Encourage sales by identifying the customer’s buying needs and by promoting benefits and features of the organisation’s services. Respond to and resolve customer objections and agree to mutually beneficial terms and conditions.
Follow-up/tracking of an order and notifying the customer when the goods have arrived.
The policies to achieve set of goals and targets regarding the development and maintenance of an organisation.
Calculate money by sorting and wraping money and coins.
Disinfect surfaces in accordance with sanitary standards.
Perform cleaning routines after equipment use.
Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.
The influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types, their physical and chemical characteristics and different material characteristics; the materials used in different processes and the effect on materials as they are processed.
Apply pleating processes to fabrics and wearing apparel products following adequate procedures and using specific equipment for the purpose.