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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

$36.13K Median Salary 600 Job Openings (Annual Projection) -29.6% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Cloth Cutter, Denim Cutter, Fabric Cutter, Finisher, Glass Cutter, Hand Cutter, Leather Cutter, Offline Cutter, Sample Cutter, Trimmer

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Abilities

Manual Dexterity

Near Vision

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Information Ordering

Category Flexibility

Control Precision

Oral Comprehension

Speech Recognition

Static Strength

Knowledge

Production and Processing

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Word processing software

Tools

Razor knives

Saws

Rotary paper or fabric cutter

Metal cutters

Power saws

Pipe or tube cutter

Cold chisels

Stonemason hammer

Awls

Hammers

Squares

Planes

Rulers

Glass cutters

Grinders

Shears

Straight edges

Wire brushes

Tile power saw

Tinners snips

Hacksaw

Bolt cutters

Utility knives

Power chippers

Abilities

Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Knowledge

Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Razor knives: Trim knives
Saws: Multi-purpose saw sets
Rotary paper or fabric cutter: Felt cutters
Metal cutters: Aviation snips
Power saws: Chain saws
Pipe or tube cutter: Flange facing machines
Cold chisels: Flat cold chisels
Stonemason hammer: Brick hammers
Awls: Punching awls
Hammers:
Squares:
Planes: Shapers; Spindle shapers
Rulers: Precision rulers; Steel rules
Glass cutters: Glass cutting tools
Grinders: Lapping wheels
Shears: Metal shears
Straight edges: Straightedges
Wire brushes: Wire cleaning brushes
Tile power saw: Cordless tile saws
Tinners snips: Compound snips; Snips; Straight snips; Tin snips
Hacksaw: Hacksaws
Bolt cutters:
Utility knives: Precision knives
Power chippers: Wood chippers

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