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Career Details : Cutting and Slicing Machine Operators and Tenders

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Description

Operate or tend machines to cut or slice any of a wide variety of products or materials, such as tobacco, food, paper, roofing slate, glass, stone, rubber, cork, and insulating material.

Experience

No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.

Education

These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.

Tasks

  • Adjusts feeding guides, blades, settings, or speed, to regulate specified depth, length, or width of material, using hand tools or hands.
  • Cuts stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knife, cleaver, handsaw, or hammer and chisel.
  • Installs or replaces cutting knives, blades, or wheels in cutting machine, using hand tools.
  • Marks cutting lines, or identifying information on stock, using marking pencil, ruler, or scribe.
  • Examines and measures stock to ensure conformance to specifications, using ruler, gauge, micrometer, or scale, and removes defects.
  • Cleans and lubricates cutting machine, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hose, scrapers, brush, or oil cans.
  • Feeds stock into cutting machine, conveyor, or under cutting blades by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheel.
  • Sharpens cutting blades, knives, or saws, using file, bench grinder, or honing stone.
  • Reads work order, or receives oral instructions, regarding specifications, for stock to be cut.
  • Positions stock along cutting lines, or against stops, on bed of scoring or cutting machine.
  • Observes cutting machine in operation, to ensure even flow of stock and to detect jamming, improper feeding, or foreign materials.
  • Stacks and sorts cut material according to type and size for packaging, further processing, or shipping.
  • Starts cutting machine by pressing button, pulling lever, or depressing pedal to cut stock, following markings or specifications.
  • Stops cutting machine when necessary, by pulling lever, pressing button, or depressing pedal, and removes debris.
  • Moves stock or scrap to and from machine, transporting either manually or using cart, hand truck, or lift truck.
  • Records data concerning amount and type of stock cut from duties performed, including weight, length, and width.

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    • Hazardous Situations
    • Degree of Automation
    • Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
    • Hazardous Equipment
    • Indoors

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