A professional who operates machine to trim flash from molded rubber heels, soles, or arch cushions or from tops of rubber footwear. Responsibilities include:

• Starts machine and positions edge of workpiece on feed roller beneath cutter guard.
• Holds and turns workpiece against guard, presenting all edges to reciprocating or rotating blade to remove excess material.
• Depresses pedal to raise guard so that seams will not be jagged or torn.
• Turns setscrews to adjust height of guard to thickness of material processed and to replace dull blades.
• May trim heels by setting them on base plate and turning heels by hand against matching circular knives.
• May be designated according to material trimmed as cushion trimmer; heel trimmer ii; sole trimmer; top trimmer ii.