Cutter
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
A cutter is the term for people who work as part of a mining team and use phasers to split asteroids so excavators can access the valuable resources inside.
A Starfleet ensign who shot himself in the foot with a phaser during the Battle of Ajilon Prime in 2373 told Jake Sisko that after his court martial, he could become a cutter. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")
