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Sector : 18 - Fashion, Leather and Textiles Info

8746 Laundry Room Attendant

M746
Field of application Laundry room attendants work in the laundry unit of a hotel, hospital, or home-care centre, or for an industrial laundromat catering to hospitals, hotel chains, restaurants, daycares, etc.
Other job titles “Surgical linen” attendant

542 - Help take in laundry at the receiving area 1

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Proper use of equipment
  • Efficiency
  • Demonstration of ability to work in a team

Tasks

  • Receive instructions from the person in charge.
  • Verify the condition of the handling equipment, where applicable.
  • Install the loading ramp or activate the lifting equipment of the delivery vehicle. Optional task or competency
  • Take out the bags of dirty laundry by hand or push dirty laundry bins out of the delivery vehicle and place them on the receiving platform. Optional task or competency
  • Bring in the bags of dirty laundry or push the wheeled bins or carts close to the sorting centre, the industrial washing machines or tunnel washer.

824601 - Sort the laundry 2

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Observance of hygiene and cleanliness rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Observance of production deadlines
  • Proper application of work techniques
  • Proper time management
  • Careful handling of laundry

Tasks

  • Receive instructions from the person in charge (sorting of dirty laundry, clean damp laundry or clean dry laundry)
  • Interpret the production sheet (hotel, restaurant, hospital and operating room linen; weight and quantity of linen, etc.).
  • Remove the laundry (dirty, clean and damp, or clean and dry) bags or wheeled bins or carts.
  • Remove objects inadvertently left in the bedclothes, blankets, etc. (pens, needles, jewellery, glasses, etc.), put them in the designated places or give them to the person in charge.
  • Group the laundry (dirty, clean and damp, or clean and dry) by category (hotel, hospital and operating room linen, face towels, blankets, table napkins, dish towels, etc.).
  • Place the sorted laundry (dirty, clean and damp, or clean and dry) in the wheeled bins or carts.

824602 - Help laundry room operators perform simple tasks 1

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Observance of hygiene and cleanliness rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Observance of production deadlines
  • Proper application of work techniques

Tasks

  • Help load the industrial washers and dryers.
  • Push wheeled bins or carts of clean, damp laundry to the industrial dryers.
  • Push wheeled bins or carts of clean, damp laundry toward the flatwork ironing machines.
  • Push wheeled bins or carts of clean, dry laundry to the folding machines.

824603 - Manually organize small or large laundry items 2

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Observance of hygiene and cleanliness rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Observe the techniques used to fold “surgical” linen, if need be
  • Observance of production deadlines
  • Proper application of work techniques
  • Demonstration of ability to work in a team
  • Proper time management
  • Careful handling of laundry

Tasks

  • Receive instructions from the person in charge.
  • Interpret the production sheet (hotel, restaurant, hospital and operating room linen; weight and quantity of the linen, etc.).
  • Remove the articles from the wheeled bins or carts.
  • Check the articles and set aside any that are worn, torn, soiled, etc.
  • Group the articles by category and size.
  • Count the folded articles and arrange them in piles. Optional task or competency
  • Place the articles in bags.
  • Place the piles of clean towels and other articles in the binding machine and switch it on. ? Optional task or competency
  • Detect any problems with the vehicle and notify the person in charge or the maintenance staff.
  • Complete the production sheet.

824604 - Mechanically organize small or large laundry items Optional task or competency 2

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Observance of hygiene and cleanliness rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Observance of production deadlines
  • Proper application of work techniques
  • Demonstration of ability to work in a team
  • Proper time management
  • Careful handling of laundry

Tasks

  • Receive instructions from the person in charge.
  • Interpret the production sheet (hotel, restaurant, hospital and operating room linen; weight and quantity of linen, etc.).
  • Turn on the flatwork ironing machine or folder.
  • Remove the clean, damp linen from the wheeled bins or carts.
  • Check the articles and set aside any that are worn, torn, soiled, etc.
  • Unfold each article (sheet, blanket, pillow case, etc.).
  • Place each article between the rollers or in the feeding mechanism of the flatwork ironing machine, or in the folding machine.
  • Collect small or large articles as they leave the ironing machine.
  • Do the final folding of the laundry. Optional task or competency
  • Count the articles. Optional task or competency
  • Bind a pile of laundry items with string. Optional task or competency
  • Turn on the bagger. Optional task or competency
  • Do maintenance work on the flatwork ironing machine or folder: polish the rollers of the ironing machine or the folder, replace the guide strips, etc.
  • Detect any problems with the vehicle and notify the person in charge or the maintenance staff.
  • Complete the production sheet.

824605 - Prepare the delivery carts Optional task or competency 2

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Observance of hygiene and cleanliness rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Observance of production deadlines
  • Proper application of work techniques

Tasks

  • Interpret the production sheets attached to the carts (“bulk” or “quota” carts).
  • Be sure to dispose of the appropriate cart.
  • Count the articles.
  • Place the piles of articles in the cart.
  • Verify the quality of the work (appropriate number of articles).
  • Place or attach the customer’s form on the cart.
  • Detect any problems and inform the person in charge.
  • Complete the production sheet.

543 - Help maintain the laundry facilities 1

Performance criteria

  • Observance of occupational health and safety rules
  • Compliance with work instructions
  • Proper application of work techniques
  • Compliance with storage plan

Tasks

  • Store the wheeled bins or carts in their proper places.
  • Put away the handling equipment.
  • Clean the basins. Optional task or competency
  • Pick up debris and put it in the garbage disposal.
  • Empty garbage cans.
  • Sweep the work area.
  • Report signs of breakage to the maintenance department or person in charge.
Info Optional competency or task. Competencies or tasks marked with this symbol are not required in all workplaces. They could be included in a student’s training plan if the practicum setting offers the opportunity for the student to apply them.