Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Tasks Include:
- Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.
- Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
- Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
- Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
- Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective.
- File or finish surfaces of workpieces, using prescribed hand tools.
- Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
- Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
- Remove and replace worn or broken machine parts, using hand tools.
- Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
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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: -3.5%
National: -7.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$41,940.00
State
$30,790.00
Regional
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 44.99%
- 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) = 35.67%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 13.28%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 6.07%
Related Work Experience
- None = 19.02%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 18.70%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.80%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.37%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.30%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.08%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.70%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.24%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 0.56%
- Over 10 years = 0.23%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.28%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 23.03%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.85%
- None = 13.97%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.01%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.85%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.49%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 23.70%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 18.56%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 12.37%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 7.31%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.87%
- None or short demonstration = 6.70%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.
- Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
- Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
- Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
- Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective.
- File or finish surfaces of workpieces, using prescribed hand tools.
- Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
- Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
- Remove and replace worn or broken machine parts, using hand tools.
- Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
- Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
- Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Inspect dies to detect defects, assess wear, and verify specifications, using micrometers, steel gauge pins, and loupes.
- Duplicate workpiece contours, using tracer attachments.
- Straighten workpieces and remove dents, using straightening presses and hammers.
- Attach workpieces to grinding machines and form specified sections and repair cracks, using welding or brazing equipment.
- Place workpieces in electroplating solutions or apply pigments to surfaces of workpieces to highlight ridges and grooves.
- Fit parts together in pre-assembly to ensure that dimensions are accurate.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
62.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
53.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
68.75 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
62.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
59.50 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
59.50 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | 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. |
72.00 | 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. |
72.00 | 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. |
72.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
59.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | 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. |
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. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
53.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
89.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
80.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
75.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
73.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
68.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
67.00 | 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. |
66.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
65.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
65.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
62.00 | 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. |
61.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
61.50 | 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. |
60.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
57.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
56.25 | 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. |
54.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
52.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
51.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
50.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
50.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
78.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
77.50 | 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. |
71.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
71.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
70.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
70.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
69.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
69.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
63.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
62.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
60.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
56.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
55.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
53.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | 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)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.80 | 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? |
98.40 | 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? |
93.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
92.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
89.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
82.40 | 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.) |
81.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
81.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
81.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
79.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
78.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
77.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
75.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
75.40 | 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? |
75.20 | 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? |
73.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
73.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
72.80 | 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? |
72.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
72.00 | 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? |
68.20 | 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? |
67.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
66.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
65.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
64.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
57.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
55.80 | 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? |
53.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
52.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
51.00 | 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? |
50.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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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)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,020.00 | $41,940.00 | $54,080.00 |
Virginia | $24,590.00 | $30,790.00 | $37,590.00 |
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 | $27,516.29 | $30,158.08 | $36,374.36 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $26,665.91 | $48,474.48 | $46,588.23 |
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 |
* 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)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 6,300 | 5,800 | -7.9% |
Virginia | 115 | 111 | -3.5% |
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)
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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Construction Equipment Operation
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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Titles
- Card Grinder
- Cell Operator
- CNC Operator (Computer Numerically Controlled Operator)
- Crankshaft Grinder
- Cutter Grind Tool Technician
- Cutter Grinder
- Cylinder Grinder
- Die Barber
- Die Fitter
- Die Grinder
- Die Polisher
- Die Reamer
- Die Trimmer
- Finish Filer
- Finisher
- Finishing Cell Grinder
- Grinder
- Grinder Cell Operator
- Grinder Operator, External, Tool
- Grinder Operator, Surface, Tool
- Hand Tool Lapper
- Internal Grinder Set-Up Operator
- Machine Operator
- Machinist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Mechanic
- Mold Maker
- Mold Polisher
- Mold Repair Person
- OD Grinder Operator (Outer Diameter Grinder Operator)
- Polisher
- Precision Grinder
- Precision Honer
- Sapphire Stylus Grinder
- Saw Filer
- Saw Fitter
- Saw Straightener
- Sharpener
- Special Process Person
- Thread Grinder
- Tool and Cutter Grinder
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tool Dresser
- Tool Grinder
- Tool Grinder Operator
- Tool Grinding Machine Operator
- Tool Maintenance Worker
- Tool Maker
- Tool Room Grinder
- Tool Sharpener
- Tool Straightener
- Universal Grinder Set-Up Operator
- Utility Person
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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
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