What skills should a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker put on a resume?

O*NET rates Active Listening and Monitoring among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Cents, Curbside Laundries Wash and Fold POS Software, Email software, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker work?

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Laundry Aide, Laundry Attendant, Laundry Housekeeper, and Laundry Worker. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 65% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker resume example

A resume for a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker needs to show the work itself: operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Day to day that means work like this: load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading; 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. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Laundry Aide
Laundry Attendant
Laundry Housekeeper
Laundry Worker
Dry Cleaner
Laundry Assistant
Laundry Technician
Personal Clothing Laundry Aide
Spotter
Assorter
Bag Hanger
Bag Washer
Benzene Washer
Benzene Worker
Blanket Washer
Box Storage Worker
Bundle Breaker
Buttoner

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
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.
Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.
Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.
Sort and count articles removed from dryers, and fold, wrap, or hang them.
Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.
Examine and sort into lots articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.
Receive and mark articles for laundry or dry cleaning with identifying code numbers or names, using hand or machine markers.
Apply bleaching powders to spots and spray them with steam to remove stains from fabrics that do not respond to other cleaning solvents.
Determine spotting procedures and proper solvents, based on fabric and stain types.
Spray steam, water, or air over spots to flush out chemicals, dry material, raise naps, or brighten colors.
Pre-soak, sterilize, scrub, spot-clean, and dry contaminated or stained articles, using neutralizer solutions and portable machines.

23 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
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, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

Cents
Curbside Laundries Wash and Fold POS Software
Email software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
Property management system PMS software
Sales processing software
Wash-Dry-Fold POS
Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Air purifying respirators
Automatic folding machines
Carbon absorbers
Centrifugal laundry extractors
Chemical protection aprons
Clothes pressing irons
Clothing presses
Clothing steamers
Colorimetric detector tubes
Continuous tunnel washers
Direct read air monitors
Dry-cleaning machines

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

Property management system PMS
Cents
Curbside Laundries Wash and Fold POS

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Active Listening
02Monitoring

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Customer and Personal Service
Production and Processing

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

65%Less than a High School Diploma
34%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
1%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Little or No Preparation Needed”. Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.

Common questions

What does a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker do?: Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Day to day that includes work like load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading and 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.
What skills should a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker put on a resume?: O*NET rates Active Listening and Monitoring among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes Cents, Curbside Laundries Wash and Fold POS Software, Email software, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker work?: O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Laundry Aide, Laundry Attendant, Laundry Housekeeper, and Laundry Worker. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 65% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Worker role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

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This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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