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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles. | Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices. | |||
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Notify supervisors of mechanical malfunctions. | ||||
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Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools. | ||||
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Adjust cutting techniques to types of fabrics and styles of garments. | ||||
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Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed. | ||||
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Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, and/or speeds to produce specified products. | ||||
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Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine whether machines require adjustment. | ||||
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Confer with coworkers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems. | ||||
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Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed. | ||||
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Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns. | ||||
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Record information about work completed and machine settings. | ||||
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Operate machines to cut multiple layers of fabric into parts for articles such as canvas goods, house furnishings, garments, hats, or stuffed toys. | ||||
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Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets; or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine setup requirements. | ||||
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Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples. | ||||
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Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced. | ||||
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Install, level, and align components, such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, and/or needles to set up machinery for operation. | ||||
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Program electronic equipment. | ||||
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Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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 there is a problem. | |||
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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). | |||
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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. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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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. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Automatic Die Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Automatic Label Cutting and Folding Machine Operator | |||
Band Cutter | |||
Band Saw Operator | |||
Band and Cuff Cutter | |||
Barrel Drum Cutter | |||
Bedspread Cutter | |||
Bias Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Binding Cutter | |||
Blanket Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Bolt Cutter | |||
CNC Cutting Operator (Computer Numerical Control Cutting Operator) | |||
Canvas Cutter | |||
Carpet Cutter | |||
Chin Strap Cutter | |||
Chopped Strand Operator | |||
Cleaner and Trimmer | |||
Clipper | |||
Cloth Cutter | |||
Continuous Pillowcase Cutter | |||
Corduroy Cutter Operator | |||
Cropper | |||
Cuff Cutter | |||
Curtain Cutter | |||
Cutter | |||
Cutter Operator | |||
Cutting Machine Fixer | |||
Die Cut Operator | |||
Die Cutter | |||
Die Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Drapery Cutter | |||
Electric Cutter Operator | |||
Electric Knife Operator | |||
Embroidery Cutter | |||
Fabric Cutter | |||
Fabrics and Material Cutter | |||
Felt Cutter | |||
Felt Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Fur Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Glove Cutter | |||
Hat Cutter | |||
Industrial Fabric Cutter | |||
Knife Cutter | |||
Label Pinker | |||
Lace Cutter | |||
Laser Operator | |||
Leather Cutter | |||
Lining Cutter | |||
Machine Cloth Trimmer | |||
Machine Operator | |||
Machine Scallop Cutter | |||
Machine Trimmer | |||
Manufacturing Assistant | |||
Manufacturing Associate | |||
Manufacturing Operator | |||
Mechanic | |||
Metallic Yarn Slitting Machine Operator | |||
Perforating Machine Operator | |||
Pillowcase Cutter | |||
Pinking Machine Operator | |||
Plush Cutter | |||
Press Operator | |||
Rag Cutter | |||
Rag Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Rag Shredder | |||
Rib Cutter | |||
Rotary Cutter | |||
Rotary Cutter Operator | |||
Rounding Machine Operator | |||
Rug Cutter | |||
Scallop Binder | |||
Scallop Cutter | |||
Scalloper | |||
Section Cutter | |||
Shear Grinder Operator | |||
Shear Tender | |||
Shearing Machine Feeder | |||
Shearing Machine Operator | |||
Shoe Cutter | |||
Silk Trimmer | |||
Silker | |||
Slitting Machine Operator | |||
Sliver Cutter | |||
Splitter Operator | |||
Spread Cutter | |||
Spreader | |||
Staple Cutter | |||
Strip Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Strip Winder | |||
Stripping Cutter and Winder | |||
Swatch Cutter | |||
Sweatband Separator | |||
Synthetic Cloth Binding Cutter | |||
Tab Cutter | |||
Textile Machine Operator | |||
Textile Slitting Machine Operator | |||
Thread Cutter Tender | |||
Trim Master Operator | |||
Trimmer Machine Operator | |||
Trimming Machine Operator | |||
Twill Cutter | |||
Upholstery Cutter | |||
Upper Cutter | |||
Valance Cutter | |||
Velvet Cutter | |||
Vinyl Cutter | |||
Welt Cutter | |||
Welt Trimming Machine Operator | |||
Window Shade Cutter and Mounter | |||
Wiping Cloth Cutter | |||
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