NorthStar

Occupations/51-9031.00

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

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.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

77%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

12%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

66%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Task

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

  • Task

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

  • Task

    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.

These are core tasks from O*NET. The wording didn’t clearly split routine from human, so they are listed without that label.

Core tasks

  1. 01Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes.
  2. 02Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.
  3. 03Cut, 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.
  4. 04Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.
  5. 05Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.
  6. 06Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.60
  • Degree of automation2.22
  • Time sitting1.50
  • Originality (ability)2.00
  • Conflict situations1.42
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.66
  • Outdoors / weather1.02
  • Disease exposure1.03
  • Decision freedom3.16

Top abilities

  • Manual Dexterity3.50
  • Near Vision3.38
  • Information Ordering3.12
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness3.12
  • Static Strength3.00
  • Speech Recognition3.00
  • Oral Comprehension3.00
  • Control Precision3.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension2.75
  • Active Listening2.88
  • Writing2.12
  • Speaking2.88
  • Mathematics2.00
  • Science1.00
  • Critical Thinking2.62
  • Active Learning2.12
  • Learning Strategies2.00
  • Monitoring2.75

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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