Job Description:

• 1) Cuts out, shapes, or trims material or articles, such as canvas goods, garment parts, hats and caps, house furnishings, or knit goods, to facilitate subsequent operations, using scissors or knife: Unrolls and lays out material along calibrated scale on cutting table or measures material with ruler and cuts material into lengths, using scissors or knife.

• 2) Positions pattern or template on material or marks around pattern or template, using chalk or pencil, and cuts out parts, using scissors or knife.

• 3) Cuts notches in edges of parts to mark them for assembly.

• 4) Shapes or trims excess material from parts.

• 5) May match materials for color or shade.

• 6) May cut or trim knit goods, using hot-wire device.

• 7) May mark identification numbers on parts.

• 8) May spread cloth on table in single or multiple lays prior to cutting.

• 9) May assemble and fold articles after cutting.

• 10) May be designated according to type of material or article cut as Applique Cutter, Hand; Bedspread Cutter, Hand; Blanket Cutter, Hand; Canvas Cutter, Hand; Curtain Cutter, Hand; Drapery Cutter, Hand; Garment-Parts Cutter, Hand.

• 11) May be designated: Hat-And-Cap-Parts Cutter, Hand; Knit-Goods Cutter, Hand; Terry-Cloth Cutter, Hand.