A professional who cuts sheet metal furniture parts to shape with hand-operated bench shears. Responsibilities include:

• Scribes cutting lines on one sheet or receives sample sheet marked by another worker.
• Places sheet in shears with one line of cut on edge of lower knife.
• Pulls lever to cut sheet along line.
• Advances sheet into shears as separate cuts are made on scribed lines until shape is completely cut.
• Marks other sheets as desired, using first sheet as pattern, and cuts parts from sheets.