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.

Other names for Cutters and Trimmers, Hand: Aluminum Sheet Cutter, Banana Room Cutter, Basket Mender, Basting Cleaner, Basting Puller, Belt Splicer, Bow Maker, Bright Cutter, Bucker, Bundler, Button Cutting Machine Operator, Buttoner, Buttonhole Maker, Buttonhole Marker, Candle Cutter, Cane Cutter, Carpet Cutter, Chalk Cutter, Cherry Cutter, Clipper, Cloth Cutter, Computerized Machine Fabric Cutter, Computerized Table Cutter, Cotton Dispatcher, Cripple Worker, Cut Off Worker, Cutter, Cutter Operator, Diagrammer, Diagrammer and Seamer, Dinker, Duct Maker, Embroidery Operator, Fabric Cutter, Feller, Fine Hairer, Fine Unhairer, Finisher, Finishing Trimmer, Flesher, Flow Match Sofa Cutter, Fruit Cutter, Fur Cutter, Fur Plucker, Fur Trimmer, Glass Cutter, Glass Finisher, Glass Robot Operator, Gold Cutter, Hair Clipper, Power, Hairspring Cutter, Hand Binder Cutter, Hand Candy Cutter, Hand Coper, Hand Cutter, Hand Cutter Apprentice, Hand Endband Cutter, Hand Hose Cutter, Hand Leather Trimmer, Hand Mounter, Hand Outside Cutter, Hand Rounder, Hand Router Operator, Hand Slitter, Hand Splitter, Hand Tire Trimmer, Hand Trimmer, Hand Welt-Butter, Hide Cleaner, Hide Trimmer, Hot Knife Cutter, Hot Knife Foxing Cutter, Lacing Cutter, Lacing String Cutter, Lapper, Lay-Out Machine Operator, Leather Cutter, Level Vial Marker, Log Peeler, Machine Cutter, Machine Operator, Mat Cutter, Mesh Cutter, Mica Sizer, Mica Splitter, Mold Bunch Trimmer, Mosaic Worker, Offline Cutter, Opener, Operator, Outsider, Oval or Circular Glass Cutter, Packager, Pattern Cutter, Pearler, Pompom Maker, Portable Machine Cutter, Portable Router Operator, Portable Sawyer, Power Chisel Operator, Preform Plate Maker, Production Cloth Cutter, Remnants Cutter, Ribbon Cutter, Ripper, Rock Splitter, Rolled Glass Crosscutter, Rotary Shear Cutter, Rug Clipper, Rug Cutter, Sail Cutter, Sample Cutter, Saw Operator, Scarrer, Second Cutter, Shaper, Sheet Metal Pattern Cutter, Shirt Trimmer, Silk Screen Cutter, Skinner, Slitter, Slot Router, Spreader, Stock Parts Fabricator, Stock Preparer, Stonework Tracer, Stripper, Target Trimmer, Template Cutter, Thread Clipper, Thread Cutter, Thread Trimmer, Trimmer, Vegetable Trimmer, Veneer Sample Maker, Wet Machine Cutter, Wire Cutter, Wire Screen and Fabric Shearer and Trimmer, Wood Hacker,

• 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.
• Separate materials or products according to size, weight, type, condition, color, or shade.
• Mark identification numbers, trademarks, grades, marketing data, sizes, or model numbers on products.
• Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut.
• Count or weigh and bundle items.
• Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.
• Unroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines.
• Stack cut items and load them on racks or conveyors or onto trucks.
• Fold or shape materials before or after cutting them.
• Clean, treat, buff, or polish finished items, using grinders, brushes, chisels, and cleaning solutions and polishing materials.
• Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.
• Route items to provide cutouts for parts, using portable routers, grinders, and hand tools.
• Replace or sharpen dulled cutting tools such as saws.
• Lower table-mounted cutters such as knife blades, cutting wheels, or saws to cut items to specified sizes.
• Adjust guides and stops to control depths and widths of cuts.
• Transport items to work or storage areas, using carts.