Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
SOC Code: 51-6021
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materialss hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 85.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Critical Thinking, Time Management.
AI-Proof Score: 85.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$33,880
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Job Growth
-13.5%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Critical Thinking
- •Time Management
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Troubleshooting
- •Equipment Maintenance
- •Complex Problem Solving
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
- ✓Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.
- ✓Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation