Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks Include:
- Inspect or measure finished workpieces to determine conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as gauges or micrometers.
- Lift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps.
- Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic workpieces.
- Observe machine operations to detect any problems, making necessary adjustments to correct problems.
- Set and adjust machine controls according to product specifications, using knowledge of machine operation.
- Measure workpieces and lay out work, using precision measuring devices.
- Select machine tooling to be used, using knowledge of machine and production requirements.
- Study blueprints, work orders, or machining instructions to determine product specifications, tool requirements, and operational sequences.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +37.4%
National: -8.7%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$38,910.00
State
$37,660.00
Regional
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 80.11%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 14.28%
- Some College Courses = 4.20%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 1.42%
Related Work Experience
- None = 22.89%
- Up to and including 1 month = 18.14%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.43%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.93%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.93%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.33%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.16%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.23%
- Over 10 years = 0.96%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.45%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 18.19%
- Up to and including 1 month = 17.88%
- None = 13.87%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.41%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.33%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 6.39%
- Over 10 years = 0.48%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 47.74%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.92%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.43%
- None or short demonstration = 0.94%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.48%
- Over 10 years = 0.48%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Inspect or measure finished workpieces to determine conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as gauges or micrometers.
- Lift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps.
- Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic workpieces.
- Observe machine operations to detect any problems, making necessary adjustments to correct problems.
- Set and adjust machine controls according to product specifications, using knowledge of machine operation.
- Measure workpieces and lay out work, using precision measuring devices.
- Select machine tooling to be used, using knowledge of machine and production requirements.
- Study blueprints, work orders, or machining instructions to determine product specifications, tool requirements, and operational sequences.
- Mount and position tools in machine chucks, spindles, or other tool holding devices, using hand tools.
- Activate machine start-up switches to grind, lap, hone, debar, shear, or cut workpieces, according to specifications.
- Move machine controls to index workpieces, and to adjust machines for pre-selected operational settings.
- Brush or spray lubricating compounds on workpieces, or turn valve handles and direct flow of coolant against tools and workpieces.
- Repair or replace machine parts, using hand tools, or notify engineering personnel when corrective action is required.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Compute machine indexings and settings for specified dimensions and base reference points.
- Slide spacers between buffs on spindles to set spacing.
- Thread and hand-feed materials through machine cutters or abraders.
- Adjust air cylinders and setting stops to set traverse lengths and feed arm strokes.
- Maintain stocks of machine parts and machining tools.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
75.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
62.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
68.75 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
62.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
62.50 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
56.25 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Wrist-Finger Speed | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
86.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
83.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
79.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
75.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
70.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
69.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
66.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
63.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
60.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
60.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
59.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
57.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
57.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
56.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
56.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
55.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
54.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
49.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
49.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
75.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
71.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
69.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
65.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
64.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
63.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
61.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
58.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
57.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
57.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
56.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
53.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
53.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
51.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
98.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
92.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
86.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
83.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
82.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
81.40 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
81.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
77.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
77.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
76.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
76.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
75.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
74.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
73.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
71.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
71.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
70.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
69.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
69.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
65.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
63.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
61.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
60.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
58.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
58.00 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
56.80 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
53.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
53.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
53.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
50.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
50.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,390.00 | $38,910.00 | $47,490.00 |
Virginia | $29,760.00 | $37,660.00 | $47,030.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $34,019.15 | $39,406.94 | $45,365.82 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $34,560.02 | $39,661.22 | $50,921.39 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $37,978.19 | $49,189.38 | $59,652.32 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $29,822.51 | $35,561.50 | $43,129.42 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 69,000 | 63,000 | -8.7% |
Virginia | 898 | 1,234 | +37.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Titles
- Abrasive Worker
- Air Grinder
- Aluminum Polisher
- Automatic Grinder Operator
- Axle Bearing Polisher
- Axle Polisher
- Balance Screwhead Polisher
- Band Reamer Machine Operator
- Band Saw Filer
- Barrel Centerer
- Barrel Polisher
- Bearing Grinder
- Bearingnizer
- Belt Polisher
- Bench Grinder
- Bevel Face Stoner and Polisher
- Bevel Polisher
- Billet Grinder
- Bit Grinder
- Bit Sharpener
- Bit Sharpener Operator
- Blade Filer
- Blade Grinder
- Blade Groover
- Blade Sharpener
- Body Finisher
- Bottom Polisher
- Bottom Sander
- Brass Buffer
- Brass Burnisher
- Brass Finisher
- Brass Polisher
- Broach Grinder
- Brush Polisher
- Buffer
- Buffing Line Set Up Worker
- Buffing Machine Operator
- Buffing Machine Tender
- Burnisher
- Burnishing Machine Operator
- Burr Bench Hand
- Burr Bench Operator
- Burr Filer
- Burr Machine Operator
- Burr Sander
- Burrer
- Burrer Operator
- Burring Machine Operator
- Burring Wheel Operator
- Castings Trimmer
- Cell Operator
- Centerless Grinder
- Centerless Grinder Operator
- Centerless Grinder Set-Up Operator
- Chrome Polisher
- CNC Operator (Computer Numerically Controlled Operator)
- Color Buffer
- Crankshaft Grinder
- Cutlery Grinder
- Cutter Grinder
- Cylinder Grinder
- Deburrer
- Deburring and Tooling Machine Operator
- Deburring Machine Operator
- Dial Buffer
- Die Maintenance Technician
- Dinger
- Disc Sander
- Disk Grinder
- Disk Sander
- Disk Sharpener
- Double Reamer Operator
- Dresser
- Drill Bit Sharpener
- Drill Grinder
- Drum Sander
- Dry Sander
- Edge Grinder
- Edger
- Edging Machine Operator
- Emery Grinder
- Emery Wheel Worker
- Enamel Buffer
- End Polisher
- External Grinder
- Eye Glass Frame Polisher
- Eyeglass Frames Polisher
- Faucet Polisher
- Fender Finisher
- Fiberglass Finisher
- File Machine Operator
- Filing Machine Operator
- Finish Filer
- Finish Grinder
- Finish Opener
- Finisher
- Flat Polisher
- Flute Grinder
- Flute Polisher
- Gear Finisher
- Gear Grinder
- Gear Lapper
- Gear Lapping Machine Operator
- Gold Wheel Blocker and Polisher
- Gold-Nib Grinder
- Grinder
- Grinder Machine Setter
- Grinder Operator
- Grinder Set Up Operator
- Grinder Set-Up Operator, Gear, Tool
- Grinding Machine Operator
- Grinding Machine Tender
- Grinding Wheel Dresser
- Grinding Wheel Facer
- Grinding Wheel Operator
- Hob Grinder
- Honer
- Honing Job Setter
- Honing Machine Operator
- Honing Machine Set-Up Operator
- Inside Barrel Polisher
- Internal Grinder
- Jet Blade Polisher
- Jewel Bearing Facer
- Jewel Bearing Grinder
- Jewel Bearing Polisher
- Jig Grinder Set-Up Operator
- Job Setter
- Key Filer
- Key Sander
- Knife Blade Polisher
- Knife Edger
- Knife Glazer
- Knife Grinder
- Knife Sharpener
- Lap Grinder
- Lap Machine Tender
- Lapper
- Lapping Machine Operator
- Lapping Machine Set-Up Operator
- Lawn Mower Sharpener
- Linter Saw Sharpener
- Machine Burrer
- Machine Finisher
- Machine Grinder
- Machine Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Tester
- Machine Tool Dresser
- Machinist
- Magnetic Grinder Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Metal Buffer
- Metal Burnisher
- Metal Burrer
- Metal Dresser
- Metal Filer
- Metal Finisher
- Metal Furniture Polisher
- Metal Grinder
- Metal Polisher
- Mirror Finishing Machine Operator
- Mold Cutting Machine Operator
- Mold Sander
- Needle Grinder
- Nicking Machine Operator
- Notch Grinder
- Operator
- Pallet Rectifier
- Pattern Filer
- Pinion Polisher
- Pivot Maker
- Plate Grinder
- Platen Grinder
- Polisher
- Polisher and Buffer
- Polisher Apprentice
- Polishing Machine Operator
- Pot Sander
- Printing Roller Polisher
- Process Equipment Operator
- Production Honing Machine Operator
- Production Lapping Machine Operator
- Profile Grinder Technician
- Rail Grinder
- Razor Grinder
- Razor Sharpener
- Roll Grinder
- Roll Grinder Operator
- Sample Grinder
- Sand Bobber
- Sand Buffer
- Sand Polisher
- Sander Operator
- Sanding Machine Operator or Tender
- Satin Finisher
- Saw Grinder
- Saw Setter
- Saw Sharpener
- Scissors Grinder
- Scissors Sharpener
- Scratch Brusher
- Scratch Finisher
- Screw Machine Operator
- Screwhead Polisher
- Seater Grinder
- Set-Up Person
- Shear Grinder Operator
- Shot Grinder Operator
- Shot Polisher
- Silver Buffer
- Silverware Buffer
- Silverware Buffing Machine Operator
- Silverware Cleaner
- Sizing Machine Operator
- Smoother
- Snag Grinder
- Snagger
- Snailer
- Steel Buffer
- Steel Grinder
- Stone Polisher
- Stove Polisher
- Strip Deburrer
- Surface Grinder
- Swing Grinder
- Tap Grinder
- Thread Grinder
- Thread Tool Grinder Set-Up Operator
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tool Dresser
- Tool Grinder
- Tool Honing Machine Set-Up Operator
- Tool Polisher
- Tool Polishing Machine Operator
- Tooth Grinder
- Tooth Polisher
- Top Polisher
- Track Grinder
- Trimmer
- Universal Grinder Operator
- Valve Grinder
- Watch Case Polisher
- Watch Parts Grinder
- Water Sander
- Wet Sander
- Wheel Buffer
- Wheel Grinder
- Wheel Polisher
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