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How exposed to AI is a Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Material?

Of the 28 tasks O*NET lists for pressers, textile, garment, and related materials, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 27 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
BoarderDry Cleaner PresserGarment PresserIroning Machine OperatorIroning WorkerPants PresserPresserPressing Machine OperatorShirt PresserSilk Presser
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
28
tasks rated for this occupation
14%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
27k
people do this job in the US
89 of 107
least protected in production

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

1
  • Select appropriate pressing machines, based on garment properties such as heat tolerance

Cannot be sped up

27
  • 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
  • Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed
  • Identify and treat spots on garments
  • Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam
  • Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes
  • Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them
  • Finish pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and other dry-cleaned and laundered articles, using hand irons
  • Slide material back and forth over heated, metal, ball-shaped forms to smooth and press portions of garments that cannot be satisfactorily pressed with flat pressers or hand irons
  • Spray water over fabric to soften fibers when not using steam irons
  • Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables
  • Moisten materials to soften and smooth them
  • Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants
  • Press ties on small pressing machines
  • Block or shape knitted garments after cleaning
  • Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications
  • Use covering cloths to prevent equipment from damaging delicate fabrics
  • Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers
  • Finish velvet garments by steaming them on bucks of hot-head presses or steam tables, and brushing pile (nap) with handbrushes
  • Measure fabric to specifications, cut uneven edges with shears, fold material, and press it with an iron to form a heading
  • Insert heated metal forms into ties and touch up rough places with hand irons
  • Brush materials made of suede, leather, or felt to remove spots or to raise and smooth naps
  • Sew ends of new material to leaders or to ends of material in pressing machines, using sewing machines
  • Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.