Laundry Worker / North County

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for operating industrial laundry equipment to sort, wash, dry, and distribute soiled bedding and clothing to meet the clean laundry needs of multiple County facilities. The role also involves assigning, training, directing, monitoring, and providing feedback to inmates on their daily laundry duties to maximize productivity and safety. Responsibilities include loading, unloading, and transporting clean and soiled laundry, sorting laundry for processing, documenting daily work, cleaning linen carts, storing carts, and using sewing and manufacturing equipment to produce bedding, clothing, and mattresses for County facilities.

Requirements

No training or experience is required.
PHYSICAL CLASS III – MODERATE: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
Must successfully pass the custody facility security clearance.
Must complete a thorough background investigation, including fingerprint search.
Must be willing to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Must be willing to work at the Pitchess Detention Facility and North County Correctional Facility.
Must be willing to work in a jail facility where you will be working with and monitoring the work of inmates.
Must have a Social Security Number.

Nice To Haves

Applicants who have taken identical components recently for other exams may have their responses automatically transferred to this examination.
Test responses may be transferred for future examinations.

Responsibilities

Operates industrial laundry equipment in the sorting, routing, washing, drying, and distribution of soiled bedding and clothing.
Assigns, trains, directs, monitors, and provides feedback to inmates in their daily duties of unloading, sorting, tagging, bagging, transporting, and loading of laundry.
Loads, unloads, and transports clean and soiled laundry.
Sorts and routes laundry for flatwork ironers or transport to the appropriate washing/drying machine stations.
Documents daily work progress and accomplishment/issues of concern on production reports.
Assists in keeping laundry and linen records regarding items received, distributed, and available for distribution.
Cleans linen carts according to laundry procedures.
Stores empty linen carts in designated areas.
Visually inspects and manually sorts badly worn clothing and linens into rags.
Uses sewing and manufacturing equipment to assist in the production of bedding, clothing items, and mattresses.