"Hand Cutter and Trimmer"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber.

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Click here to find the perfect career

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Hand Cutter and Trimmer"

1) Adjust guides and stops to control depths and widths of cuts.

2) Cut, shape, and trim materials, such as textiles, food, glass, stone, and metal, using knives, scissors, and other hand tools, portable power tools, or bench-mounted tools.

3) Lower table-mounted cutters such as knife blades, cutting wheels, or saws to cut items to specified sizes.

4) Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.

5) Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.

6) Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.

7) Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.

8) Unroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines.

Thanks for visiting CareerPlanner.com
How can we help you with your career?

1) Use Career Testing to find the perfect career

2) Is your resume getting you enough interviews?
See How To Write The Perfect Resume.

Thanks for visiting CareerPlanner.com
How can we help you with your career?

1) Use Career Testing to find the perfect career

2) Is your resume getting you enough interviews?
See How To Write The Perfect Resume.

9) Clean, treat, buff, or polish finished items, using grinders, brushes, chisels, and cleaning solutions and polishing materials.

10) Count or weigh and bundle items.

11) Fold or shape materials before or after cutting them.

Is being a "Hand Cutter and Trimmer" your very best career choice?

Our Career Interest Test will show you which careers match your interests.

Our Free Personality Test will show you which careers match your personality and why.

12) Mark identification numbers, trademarks, grades, marketing data, sizes, or model numbers on products.

13) Replace or sharpen dulled cutting tools such as saws.

14) Route items to provide cutouts for parts, using portable routers, grinders, and hand tools.

15) Separate materials or products according to size, weight, type, condition, color, or shade.

16) Stack cut items and load them on racks or conveyors or onto trucks.

17) Transport items to work or storage areas, using carts.

18) Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.