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O*NET detailed work activityTrim excess material from workpieces
Stays humanHands-on work
28 jobs31 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Cut materials, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 31 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Trim excess threads or edges of parts, using scissors or knives.
- Trim excess material, using scissors.
- Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- Trim excess material or cut threads off finished products, such as cutting loose ends of plastic off a manufactured toy for a smoother finish.
- Trim excess rubber and imperfections during retreading processes.
- Cut excess thread or material from shoe parts, using scissors or knives.
- Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
- Shape, trim, or touch up roughed-out designs with appropriate tools to finish carvings.
- Cut excess material or thread from finished products.
- Cut timber to the right size, and shape and trim parts of joints to ensure a snug fit, using hand tools, such as planes, chisels, or wood files.
- Trim, sand, or scrape surfaces or joints to prepare articles for finishing.
- Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
- Dress and otherwise finish boots or shoes, as by trimming the edges of new soles and heels to the shoe shape.
- Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.
- Cut, trim, file, bend, or smooth parts to ensure proper fit and clearance.
- Trim or remove excess material, using scrapers, knives, or band saws.
- Trim lumber to straighten rough edges or remove defects, using circular saws.
- Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.
- Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.
- Trim excess material from parts, using knives, and grind scrap plastic into powder for reuse.
- Trim cured materials by sawing them with diamond-impregnated cutoff wheels.
- Remove excess materials and level and smooth wet mold mixtures.
- Strike necks of finished articles to separate articles from blowpipes.
- Cut or break flashing from materials or products.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
- Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners, collecting scrap for recycling.
- Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces, and plane, shave, file, scrape, and sand models to attain specified shapes, using hand tools.
- Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
- Remove wax or tape from etched glassware by using a stylus or knife, or by immersing ware in hot water.