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"Below are some of the many skills an ironer must master
during Osca training before they can iron Osca customers' garments."
The Osca Ironing manual has been compiled with and adheres to OPIA (Osca Professional Ironer Association) recommendations and industry guidelines.
(C) Copyright Osca 2006
What an Osca ironer must know about ironing.
Preparation :
- Garment Sorting - How to sort garments into typess to prepare for ironing
- Pre dampening - How to pre dampen a garment for ironing
- Fabric recognition - Prepare garment for ironing acording tp fabric
- Making starch - How to cook natural starch to a clear consistency
- Mixing starch - How to prepare various strength starch acording to fabric
- Starch or Water - Recognise which garment requires water or starch during preparation
Shirts :
- Iron settings - What temperature setting to choose acording to fabric type
- Single crease - How to iron a perfect single crease on any sleeve
- Collar - How to iron a creaseless collar
- Collar types - How to recognise and iron various collars
Collar Types
A Narrow Spread snap tab. B Medium Spread button down. C Narrow Spread.
D Curved Wide Spread. E Extra Wide Spread. F Modified Spread.
G Medium Spread. H Round Point. H Wide Spread.
- Stitching - How to re-set panel stitching
- Plain shirts - How to iron plain shirts and what to watch out for
- Business shirts - How to iron Business shirts and what to watch out for
- French Cuff shirts - How to iron French Cuff shirts and what to watch out for
- Dress shirts - How to iron Dress shirts to perfection and what to watch out for
- School shirts - How easy can this be now that you've learned the others
- Round cuffs - How to iron a 'round' cuff
- Cuff types - How to recognise and iron different cuffs
Cuff Types
A French Cuff. B Two Button Cuff. C Angle Cut French Cuff.
D Link Cuff. E Angle Cut One Button Cuff.
F Convertible Cuff. G One Button Cuff. H Round Corner French Cuff.
Ladies Shirts :
- Iron settings - What temperature setting to choose acording to fabric
- Round sleeve - How to iron a round sleeve using a sleeve arm
- Round sleeve - How to iron a round sleeve using rolled up fabric
- Round sleeve - How to iron a round sleeve using a flat ironing board
- Stitching - How to re-set panel stitching
- Frills - How to iron frills separately
- Pleats - How to re-set pleats
- Gathers - How to iron and touch up gathers
- Shoulder pads - How to safely iron garments with shoulder pads
Pants and Trousers :
- Flat (no crease) - how to iron pants and trousers flat
- Centre crease - how to iron one single front and back crease
- Pockets - how to iron pockets without any stitching showing
- No Shine - how to avoid shine on pant stitching
- Track pants
- Jeans
- Plain trousers
- Ladies pants
- Tailored trousers
- Cuffed and or Lined trousers
T-Shirts and Plain knitted tops :
- T-shirts - How to realign twisted fabric and iron without creases
- Printed t-shirts - How to avoid smudging printed garments
- Polo shirts - How to recognise and iron Polo and Sports shirts
- Long sleeves - How to stop long sleeves from curling
Skirts and Dresses :
- Plain skirts - How to iron plain skirts
- Frilled skirts - How to iron and correctly hang frilled skirts
- Full circle skirts - How to handle, iron and correctly hang a full circle skirts
- Pleated skirts - How to re-set pleats on dresses and skirts
- School uniform - How to iron various full length uniforms
Small linen :
- Hankies - should they be folded in a rectangular or a triangle shape
- T'towels
- Napkins - Flat, folded or hung? and why
- Place mats
Bed Linen :
- Plain Pillow cases
- Frilled Pillow cases
- Flat sheets
- Queen/King Flat sheets
- Fitted sheets
- Queen/King Fitted sheets
- Doona covers
- Queen/King Doona covers
- Frilled Doona covers
- Valance
Table linen :
- Napkins
- Place Mats
- Overlays
- Plain Table Cloth
- Round table cloth
- Battenburg Lace Table cloth
Folding and Presentation :
- T-shirts
- Business Shirts
- Pyjamas & Nightdresses
- Small linen
- Large linen
Hanging Presentation :
- Plastic, wooden, galvanised and other hangers - how to use
- Hanging of various garments
- Hanging of linen
- Hanging order of garments
Final Presentation :
- Final presentation for delivery
- Folding hanging and bagging
- Customer's basket presentation
- Hanging garments presentation
- Customer Cover cloth
- Customer pouches
- Dry Cleaning presentation
- Dry Cleaning bags
- Other
Item count and Quality check :
- Invoicing procedures
- Defining garment categories
- Quality checking procedures
- Garment count procedures
- Re-ironing procedures
Ergonomics and Workspace organisation :
- Lighting
- Knowing the correct Ironing equipment to use
- Choosing appropriate height of workspace
- Positioning of work equipment
- Safety procedures
- Hygiene
- Maintaining body fitness - selecting appropriate exercise programs
- Workplace cleanliness - vaccuming and keeping space free of dust
- Ironing equipment maintenance - regular cleaning of irons
- Ironing equipment maintenance - regular changing and washing of ironing board covers and underlays
Preparation Area :
- Wash and Wipe procedures
- Starching sheet care
- Spray pump bottles care and maintenance
- Hanging garments presentation
- Customer Cover cloth
- Customer pouches
- Dry Cleaning presentation
- Dry Cleaning bags
- Other
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