Laundry Worker - University Housing

Duties Responsibilities Collects, unloads, and sorts soiled laundry according to the kind, color, dirt, fabric content to be laundered or cleaning technique. Applies bleach, stain or spot removal as necessary. Operates washing machines including measuring and adding washing compounds. Operates dryers by setting time and temperature.

Cleans lint traps and filters. Manually or automatically folds and stacks linen, sheets, blankets, towels, aprons etc. Recognizes and reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate persons as necessary. Inspects laundry for defects and quality, determining usable and non-usable items as well as items to be reprocessed.

Mends by hand stitching, attaching patches or marking linen as necessary. Keeps a record of linen on hand and notifies administrator when there is a need to order. Responsible for maintaining and cleaning the area(s) including washing and disinfecting laundry bins/carts. Performs other related duties as assigned.