A professional who tends automatic machine that cuts wavy or zigzag designs in outsoles for rubber footwear to provide nonskid surface. Responsibilities include:

• Positions sole on slide carriage under blade and between spring clamps that hold ends of sole to carriage.
• Starts machine and moves lever to depress cutter that automatically cuts single row to set depth in vertical reciprocating action.
• Moves lever to raise cutter, depresses pedal to return carriage to starting position, and repeats process to cut additional rows.
• Releases clamps to replace finished workpiece.
• Examines depth of cut, using mold mark on sole edge as guide, and raises or lowers blade, using wrench to adjust depth.