Cutters & Trimmers, Hand

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.

Category

Miscellaneous Production

SOC Code

51-9031

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Degrease metal
• Generate bioaerosols of vegetable gums
• Generate latex dust in manufacturing latex products
• Grind or cut tiles, stones, concrete, bricks, or terrazzo
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Make brushes from tampico fibers
• Produce nacre buttons from mollusc shells
• Produce silk (sericulture)
• Repeatedly inhale dust of esparto grass
• Use hand-held saw or grinder to remove brick mortar
• Work with vibrating hand tools