Job Posting Title

Linen and Clothing Specialist III

Agency

650 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Supervisory Organization

Claremore Veterans Center

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Up to 14.68 per hour

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family perform tasks involving laundry work, sewing, alterations, and mending at a state institution, school or facility. This includes sorting, washing and maintaining clothing, linens, and draperies.

Typical Functions

• Operates washers, dryers, mangles, pressers and irons.
• Sews by hand or machine, mends, alters and repairs clothing and linen articles; constructs, maintains and hangs draperies.
• Places clothes on hangers, wraps bundles in paper with identifying tickets, and prepares for delivery.
• Performs minor machine maintenance and repair; cleans and oils machines; and maintains cleanliness of work area.
• Maintains adequate level of sewing materials, clothing and linens for an assigned area; collects, weighs and counts laundry.

Level Descriptor

At this level employees are assigned responsibility for performing advanced level work which may include lead worker duties or similar responsibility for assisting in the direction of the operations of a laundry or sewing department at a state facility or institution.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of one year of experience in a commercial or institutional laundry, or commercial experience in the operation of a sewing machine, pattern making, or mending garments.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of sewing techniques; of simple pattern making and of textiles and their reaction to soaps, bleaches, bluing, alkalines, water temperature and detergents. Ability is required to operate a sewing machine; to fit and alter clothing; to operate various laundry equipment; to follow written and oral instructions and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to follow sewing patterns; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; and to provide direction to other linen and clothing specialist.

Special Requirements

Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position. ## Applicants must be willing to be subject to call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. ## Some positions may require the education or experience to be in a specific area. ## Some applicants may be required to possess the necessary qualifications to be a Qualified Mental Retardation Professional as defined in the conditions of Participation for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart D, 42 CFR 483.430 (a) and (b) (5).Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

Additional Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.