A professional who tends machine that trims unfinished shoe soles to pattern size. Responsibilities include:

• Selects pattern from stock bin, following work ticket.
• Positions pattern on machine guide pins and places sole on pattern.
• Depresses pedal or pushes lever that clamps sole onto pattern and starts knife blades rotating around outside edge of pattern to cut sole in conformity with pattern.
• Removes and sharpens blades, using hone.