Jobs / Physical work / 51-4194.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
- US jobs
- 5,600
- Median wage
- $50,060 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
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Typical tasks
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- Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
- Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
- Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
- Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
- Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
- Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective.
- Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
- Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.
- Remove and replace worn or broken machine parts, using hand tools.
- Fit parts together in pre-assembly to ensure that dimensions are accurate.
- File or finish surfaces of workpieces, using prescribed hand tools.
- Inspect dies to detect defects, assess wear, and verify specifications, using micrometers, steel gauge pins, and loupes.
Other job titles for this occupation (39)
Crankshaft Grinder · Cutter Grind Tool Technician (Cutter Grind Tool Tech) · Cutter Grinder · Grinder · Grinder Operator · OD Grinder Operator (Outer Diameter Grinder Operator) · Polisher · Saw Filer · Tool and Cutter Grinder · Tool Grinder · Card Grinder · Cutting Tool Sharpener · Cylinder Grinder · Deburrer · Die Grinder · Die Polisher · Die Sharpener · Die Trimmer · External Tool Grinder Operator · Filer · Finish Filer · Finisher · Internal Grinder Setup Operator · Nonferrous Metal Die Polisher · Outer Diameter Grinder (OD Grinder) · Precision Grinder · Sapphire Stylus Grinder · Saw Fitter · Saw Straightener · Sharpener · Surface Tool Grinder Operator · Thread Grinder · Tool Filer · Tool Grinder Operator · Tool Grinding Machine Operator · Tool Grinding Technician (Tool Grinding Tech) · Tool Sharpener · Tool Straightener · Universal Grinder Setup Operator