Employment Percentage: 
-134.92822966507
SOC ID: 
51-9031
SOC Title: 
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
ONET ID: 
51-9031.00
ONET Concat ID: 
51903100
Median Salary: 
32095.77
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 Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
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: 

<ul><li>Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.</li><li>Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.</li><li>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.</li><li>Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.</li><li>Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.</li><li>Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.</li><li>Mark identification numbers, trademarks, grades, marketing data, sizes, or model numbers on products.</li><li>Unroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines.</li><li>Separate materials or products according to size, weight, type, condition, color, or shade.</li><li>Fold or shape materials before or after cutting them.</li><li>Replace or sharpen dulled cutting tools such as saws.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
24698.88
Top Annual Earnings: 
42724.43
Title Slug: 
cutter-and-trimmer-hand