Yes. That is a drag shield, I believe.
This would be the type of shield you would need:
The shield you have is called a “drag shield” and is meant to hold to torch at a proper cutting height when using a hand torch by hand. The plasma table needs to touch down and find the surface of the metal and then lift up to the proper cutting height. You would be at twice the appropriate/desired cutting height with that shield. And you would not want the torch being drug on the metal. It is moving too fast and you would tear up the equipment.