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Employment Percentage
-149.4071146
SOC ID
51-9031
SOC Title
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
ONET ID
51-9031.00
ONET Concat ID
51903100
Median Salary
31716.11
Ed Level High School
89.18
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
5.67
Ed Level Associates
5.15
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career 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.
Core Tasks
  • Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.
  • Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.
  • 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.
  • Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.
  • Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.
  • Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.
  • Mark identification numbers, trademarks, grades, marketing data, sizes, or model numbers on products.
  • Unroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines.
  • Separate materials or products according to size, weight, type, condition, color, or shade.
  • Fold or shape materials before or after cutting them.
  • Replace or sharpen dulled cutting tools such as saws.
Start Annual Earnings
26736.82
Top Annual Earnings
41300.96
EMSI Career Title Slug
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