Lower table-mounted cutters such as knife blades, cutting wheels, or saws to cut items to specified sizes.

“Lower table-mounted cutters such as knife blades, cutting wheels, or saws to cut items to specified sizes.” is a supplemental task performed by Cutters and Trimmers, Hand. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#11 most important). About 42% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Operate cutting or grinding equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Mark or discard items with defects such as spots, stains, scars, snags, chips, scratches, or unacceptable shapes or finishes. · importance 4.4
• Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish. · importance 4.3
• Cut, shape, and trim materials, such as textiles, food, glass, stone, and metal, using knives, scissors, and other hand tools, portable power tools, or bench-mounted tools. · importance 4.3
• Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns. · importance 4.3
• Read work orders to determine dimensions, cutting locations, and quantities to cut. · importance 4.3
• Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes. · importance 4.3
• Mark identification numbers, trademarks, grades, marketing data, sizes, or model numbers on products. · importance 4.2
• Unroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines. · importance 4.2
• Separate materials or products according to size, weight, type, condition, color, or shade. · importance 4.2
• Fold or shape materials before or after cutting them. · importance 4.2
• Stack cut items and load them on racks or conveyors or onto trucks. · importance 4.0
• Adjust guides and stops to control depths and widths of cuts. · importance 3.9
• Replace or sharpen dulled cutting tools such as saws. · importance 3.9
• Count or weigh and bundle items. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Cutters and Trimmers, Hand page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-14364,
  title  = {Lower table-mounted cutters such as knife blades, cutting wheels, or saws to cut items to specified sizes.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 8, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-14364}
}