Job Description:

• 1) Operates clicking machine to cut out parts from leather or similar materials for articles, such as gloves, shoes, and small leather products, according to finish, grain, and pattern of material: Selects material and cutting dies according to specifications on work ticket.

• 2) Turns handwheel to adjust depth of cut of clicking machine ram according to thickness of material and die.

• 3) Lays material on cutting block and positions dies on material to match grain and weave of adjacent parts and to obtain desired cuts.

• 4) Pulls horizontally swinging ram over dies to cut out parts.

• 5) Counts parts to verify quantity against work ticket.

• 6) May bundle parts and mark identification data on top part, using pencil.

• 7) May smooth wooden cutting block, using hand plane or rasp.

• 8) May cut out parts, using knife.

• 9) May cut out shoe parts to repair shoes damaged in processing and be designated Cripple Cutter.

• 10) May be designated according to material or article as Leather Cutter.