Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks Include:
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
- Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
- Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.
- Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.
- Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.
- Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
- Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.
- Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +47.2%
National: -2.2%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$39,880.00
State
$40,510.00
Regional
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 55.36%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 38.14%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 4.91%
- Some College Courses = 1.29%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 0.29%
Related Work Experience
- None = 58.67%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.65%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.88%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.46%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.04%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.02%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.54%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 38.14%
- None = 14.28%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.54%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.43%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.59%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.01%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 29.75%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 25.74%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.40%
- None or short demonstration = 13.31%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.49%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.30%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
- Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
- Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.
- Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.
- Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.
- Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
- Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.
- Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment.
- Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
- Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
- Select and install machine components, such as cutting blades, rollers, and templates, according to specifications, using hand tools.
- Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.
- Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans.
- Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.
- Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.
- Operate cranes, or signal crane operators to position or remove stone from cars or saw beds.
- Start pumps to circulate water and abrasives onto blades or cables during cutting.
- Change or replace saw blades, cables, cutter heads, and grinding wheels, using hand tools.
- Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.
- Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames.
- Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.
- Direct workers on cutting teams.
- Tighten pulleys or add abrasives to maintain cutting speeds.
- Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels.
- Sharpen cutting blades, knives, or saws, using files, bench grinders, or honing stones.
- Wash stones, using water hoses.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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62.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
55.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
52.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
65.50 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
62.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
68.75 | 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. |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | 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. |
59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
59.50 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
59.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
59.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | 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). |
56.25 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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79.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
79.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
73.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
72.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
72.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
67.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
67.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
65.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
65.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
64.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
60.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
60.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
60.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
58.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
56.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
55.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
55.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
55.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
52.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
51.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
51.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
50.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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81.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
75.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
67.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
66.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
65.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
63.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
62.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
62.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
60.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
59.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
59.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
56.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
51.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
95.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
90.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
86.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
84.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
82.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
81.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
80.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
79.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
79.40 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
78.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
76.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
76.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
75.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
75.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
73.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
73.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
73.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
72.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
71.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
70.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
65.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
65.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
64.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
64.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
60.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
58.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
56.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
52.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
52.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
52.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
51.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,220.00 | $39,880.00 | $48,190.00 |
Virginia | $30,490.00 | $40,510.00 | $46,220.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | $28,143.65 | $32,115.19 | $36,018.99 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $31,777.54 | $32,451.80 | $39,787.32 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $33,724.23 | $45,053.18 | $47,577.21 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $32,237.12 | $37,504.02 | $44,641.54 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | $34,969.57 | $42,284.25 | $48,541.17 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $29,524.46 | $37,237.24 | $42,562.50 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $29,614.09 | $39,099.52 | $47,421.93 |
Western Virginia | $40,201.04 | $46,813.33 | $50,585.83 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 58,300 | 57,000 | -2.2% |
Virginia | 1,476 | 2,173 | +47.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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- Machinists
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Titles
- Abrasive Sawyer
- Almond Cutting Machine Tender
- Angle Shearer
- Apple Peeler Operator
- Applique Cutter
- Arch Cushion Skiving Machine Operator
- Automatic Glass Cutting Machine Operator
- Automatic Outsole Cutter
- Automatic Steel Tie Adjuster
- Bag Cutter
- Balloon Maker
- Band Cutter
- Band Saw Operator
- Band Sawing Machine Operator
- Bead Trimmer
- Beam Press Operator
- Beater Dumper
- Beater Engineer
- Beater Machine Operator
- Beater Operator
- Beater Tender
- Belt Cutter
- Bias Cutter
- Bias Machine Operator
- Binder Cutter
- Binder Layer
- Bindery Operator
- Block Cutter
- Block Splitter Operator
- Blockers Skiver
- Blue Prints Trimmer
- Book Binder
- Book Trimmer
- Booker
- Bread Slicer, Machine
- Brick Setter Operator
- Brush Machine Setter
- Button Breaker
- Button Decorating Machine Operator
- Cap Cutter
- Carbon Cutter
- Card Cutter
- Carver
- Celery Cutter
- Char Belt Operator
- Cheese Cutter
- Cheese Handler
- Chipper
- Chopper
- Circle Shear Operator
- Circular Knife Machine Cutter
- Citrus Peeler
- Clicker
- Clicker Operator
- Clicking Machine Operator
- Clipper
- Comb Machine Operator
- Compensator
- Concaving Machine Operator
- Converting Operator
- Cord Cutter
- Core Cutter and Reamer
- Cork Cutter
- Corn Cutter
- Corner Cutter
- Counter Cutter
- Cover Cutter
- Crayon Sawyer
- Crystal Cutter
- Cube Cutter
- Cut Off Operator Scorer
- Cut-Lace Machine Operator
- Cut-Off Machine Operator
- Cutter
- Cutter Down
- Cutter Finisher
- Cutter Machine Tender
- Cutter Operator
- Cutter Out
- Cutter Tender
- Cutting and Creasing Press Operator
- Cutting Machine Operator
- Cutting Machine Tender
- Cutting Press Person
- Cutting Pressman
- Cylinder Die Machine Operator
- Debeader
- Decal Cutter
- Decorative Cutting Machine Tender
- Defective Cigarette Slitter
- Deskidding Machine Operator
- Diamond Cutter
- Die Cutter
- Die Cutter Operator
- Die Cutting Machine Operator
- Die Stamper
- Dog Food Shredder Operator
- Drum Operator
- Edge Trimmer
- Emblem Cutter
- Excelsior Cutter
- Feather Sawyer
- Fiber Product Cutting Machine Operator
- Fifth Hand
- Filler Shredder
- First Beater
- Fish Cleaner Machine Tender
- Flake Cutter Operator
- Flat Cutter
- Flat Machine Cutter
- Fleshing Machine Operator
- Fluid Jet Cutter Operator
- Foil Stamp Operator
- Folder Operator
- Fourth Hand
- Foxer
- Foxing Cutting Machine Operator
- Frozen Meat Cutter
- Fruit Peeler
- Fur Cutter
- Gauge Operator
- Glass Cut-Off Tender
- Glass Cutter
- Glass Cutting Machine Operator
- Glove Cutter
- Graduating Machine Operator
- Granulating Machine Operator
- Groover
- Groover and Turner
- Groover Operator
- Groover Runner
- Grooving Machine Operator
- Guillotine Operator
- Guillotine Trimmer
- Gum Scoring Machine Operator
- Hasher
- Hasher Machine Operator
- Hasher Operator
- Head Insulation Board Saw Operator
- Heel Gouger
- Hot Die Press Operator
- Hot Die-Press Operator
- Hot Mill Shearer
- Hydraulic Press Operator
- Ice Crusher
- Ice Cutter
- Ice Grinder
- Inseam Trimmer
- Insert Cutter
- Insole Beveler
- Insulation Batting Machine Operator
- Insulation Cutter
- Insulation Cutter and Former
- Knife Operator
- Lap Cutter
- Last Pattern Grader
- Lay-Ups Assembler
- Leather Carver
- Leather Cutter
- Leather Heel Breaster
- Lens Cutter
- Lining Cutter
- Link Cutter
- Lip-of-Shank Cutter
- Loop Cutter
- Looper
- Machine Cutter
- Machine Featheredger and Reducer
- Machine Filler Shredder
- Machine Heel-Seat Fitter
- Machine Joint Cutter
- Machine Leather Trimmer
- Machine Operator
- Machine Operator Slitter Technician
- Machine Rough Rounder
- Machine Skiver
- Machine Splitter
- Machine Stonecutter
- Machine Stripper-Cutter
- Machine Trimmer
- Machine Zipper Trimmer
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Mink Slicer
- Miter Cutter
- Molded Rubber Goods Cutter
- Molding Cutter
- Mooner
- Mottle Lay Up Operator
- Mushroom Cutter
- Nail Cutter
- Narrow Belt Cutter
- Nicker
- Optical Glass Sawyer
- Pad Cutter
- Panel Machine Operator
- Panel Machine Setter
- Paper Box Cutter
- Paper Cutter
- Paper Cutting Machine Operator
- Paper Slitter
- Paring Machine Operator
- Partition Making Machine Operator
- Pattern Cutter
- Peeler
- Pepper Cutter
- Perforating Machine Operator
- Pickle Cutter
- Pinker
- Pinking Machine Operator
- Pipe Blanks Cut-Off Saw Operator
- Pipe Cutter
- Pitting Machine Operator
- Plate Shear Operator
- Platen Press Operator
- Plug Cutter
- Plug Cutting Machine Operator
- Ply Cutter
- Pole-Peeling Machine Operator
- Potato Peeler
- Powder Cutting Operator
- Power Shear Operator
- Press Cutter
- Presser
- Print Cutter
- Pulp Beater
- Quartz Cutter
- Quartz Mounter
- Rag Cutting Machine Tender
- Rawhide Trimmer
- Ream Cutter
- Record Cutter
- Refractory Grinder Operator
- Ripper
- Ripshear Operator
- Rock Cutter
- Rock Splitter
- Roll Cutter
- Roll Sheeting Cutter
- Roll Slicing Machine Tender
- Roll-Up Guider Operator
- Rope Cutter
- Rotary Cutter
- Rotary Cutter Operator
- Rotary Machine Operator
- Rotary Operator
- Round Corner Cutter Operator
- Rounder
- Rounding Machine Operator
- Rubber Cutter
- Rubber Cutting Machine Tender
- Rubber Splicer
- Rubber Trimmer
- Saddle Cutter
- Saddle Stitcher Operator
- Saddler
- Sample Book Maker
- Sample Box Maker
- Sample Cutter
- Sample Sawyer
- Saw Operator
- Sawyer
- Scabbler
- Scaling Machine Operator
- Scroll Shear Operator
- Seed Potato Cutter
- Shade Cutter
- Shaping Machine Operator
- Shaving Machine Operator
- Shear Operator
- Shear Setter
- Shearer
- Shearing Machine Feeder
- Shearing Machine Operator
- Shearing Machine Tender
- Sheet Taker
- Sheeter
- Sheeter Operator
- Shredder
- Shredder Tender
- Sink Cutter
- Sizing Machine Tender
- Ski Top Trimmer
- Skiver
- Skiver Operator
- Slasher
- Slate Cutter
- Slate Trimmer
- Slice Plug Cutter Operator
- Slicing Machine Operator
- Slicing Machine Operator/Tender
- Slitter
- Slitter Cut Off Operator
- Slitter-Scorer
- Slitter-Scorer-Cut-Off Operator
- Slitting Machine Operator
- Slotter Operator
- Smoking Tobacco Cutter Operator
- Splitter Operator
- Splitter Tender
- Splitting Machine Operator
- Square Shear Operator
- Squaring Shear Operator
- Stem Cutter
- Stock Cutter
- Stock Layer
- Stone Circular Sawyer
- Stone Driller
- Stone Gang Sawyer
- Stone Lathe Operator
- Stone Sawyer
- Stone Splitter
- Stone Trimmer
- Straight Knife Machine Cutter
- Strap Cutting Machine Operator
- Strip Cutter
- Strip Cutting Machine Operator
- Stripper
- Sugar Chipper Machine Operator
- Tablet Machine Operator
- Tablet Making Machine Operator
- Tack Cutter
- Tape Cutter
- Tenoner Operator
- Three Knife Trimmer
- Threshing Operator
- Tile Power Shear Operator
- Tip Cutter
- Tire Regrooving Machine Operator
- Tobacco Cutter
- Top Cutter
- Tread Cutter
- Trimmer
- Trimmer Machine Operator
- Trimmer Operator
- Trimming Cutter
- Trimming Machine Operator
- Trimming Operator
- Tube Cutter
- Tube Cutter Operator
- Tube Sizer and Cutter Operator
- Tube Sizer Operator
- Tube Skiver
- Tuber Machine Cutter
- Type Cutter
- Umbrella Cutter
- Unhairer
- Unhairing Machine Operator
- Unishear Operator
- V Belt Skiver
- V Groove Cutter
- Vegetable Cutter
- Vibrator Operator
- Warehouse Attendant
- Washer Engineer
- Watch Crystal Cutter
- Wax Cutter
- Welt Cutter
- Width Stripper
- Winder Operator
- Window Cutter
- Window Shade Cutter
- Wire Sawyer
- Wire Turning Machine Operator
- Woodwind Reeds Cutter
- Zipper Cutter
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