What jobs use knives a lot?

bicycle mechanic.

sees moderate use. mostly breaking down the boxes bikes come in. second most common task is picking thorns out of tires
 
EMS uses knives occasionally, not as much as other professions but it still has it uses. Trauma shears work good though for cutting seatbelts from what I've been told. But sometimes you still need a knife to do things such as stabilize a vehicle, cut things, etc. Still is used enough that I have had a teacher rip 2 students (out of about 30) a new one who did not carry a knife to class when he randomly asked who was carrying a knife. Truth be told I was surprised at how many students carried a knife, as we all had them concealed minus a few of us with a pocket clip showing.
 
Homeland Security Agriculture Specialists. Lots of boxes, digging for bugs inside crates, cutting fruits and veggies, etc every day.
 
Janitorial/commercial cleaning/custodial work. I work nights cleaning office buildings. I use a knife nearly every night for breaking down boxes.
 
I have 3 jobs.
I work in Automotive parts sales, Cook food in a bar/pub, and work in an Ice Sculpting Studio.
Technically 4 jobs, because with the studio job, I also mow/tend the yard for the same guy.
I don't use it much doing Ice sculpting, other than cut tape and foam. (Makes dropping ice sculptures alot safer. ;)).
Cooking food, I use it quite a bit. Not necessarily during cooking (I use chefs knives) but opening boxes, flattening boxes, opening packages of cups etc.
Auto parts store, (I've only worked 3 days. Its a new job :)) so far only used it once.
Yard work, quite a bit.
Wanna use your knife?
Go into the woods for 10 minutes. :D
 
Ranching tends to find uses for knives. It's not my regular job, but I end up doing some of it almost every evening and my knives pretty much always get used for something or another. I actually forgot the little trapper than stays in my watch pocket this morning when I was going to the office and needed that one in particular today. My junkyard dog was a little too pick to get the tick out of calves ear.
 
Prep cook, chopping up 50 lb bags of onions, cases of green peppers, 20 lb loaves of ham, and bushels of tomatoes.
 
Used to do a lot of office furnishing contract work. Knife is necessary to break down big cardboard furniture boxes and take off dozens and dozens of plastic/bubble wraps.
 
I work at a manufacturing plant and grew up on a working farm. Use my knife a lot at both those places.
 
When I was just a kid, I worked on a wholesale tree nursery. I used a knife many times during the work day. I cut burlap, twine, sisal, plastic containers, hose, seedlings and other things. It really took a beating in that clay soil and a small file was the easiest way to keep it sharp. They were inexpensive barlow's that I bought at a hardware store. When I came home, it had to be rinsed off in hot water to get the mud off of it.
 
I work at a primative skill summer camp.

My knives see use every day, primarily carving friction fire components, cutting p-cord, plants, etc.
 
I worked in a factory, packing and unpacking, packaging orders, etc, for Verizon.
I used my knife almost all day every day on boxes, tape, and the like.
Peeling labels that we couldn't get with our fingers.
Foam, bubble wrap, etc.
 
When I was a young man I worked in a paper mill. Made wall board paper for like sheet rock (wall board)
Seemed like your knife was in your hand all the time. This was THE most dangerous job I ever had.
I also worked on a kill floor for IBP (Iowa Beef Packers) used a knife all day long - THIS was the hardest job I ever had.
 
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