Dry Cleaner Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Dry Cleaner includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Receive items from customers and mark them with codes or names
- Cleaning, pressing, ironing, mending and sewing a variety of different items
- Inspect articles for stains and fabrics that require special care
- Remove, sort, and hang clothing and other articles after they are removed from the machines
- Clean and maintain laundry and dry-cleaning machines
- Sort articles to be cleaned by fabric type, color, and cleaning technique
- Load clothing into laundry and dry-cleaning machines
- Add detergent, bleach, and other chemicals to laundry and dry-cleaning machines
- Updating client records
- Managing payroll
- Keeping the financial records of the business in order.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Dry Cleaner duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Dry Cleaner roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.