Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Tasks Include:
- Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
- Mark defects, such as knotholes, cracks, and splits, for repair.
- Move controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
- Select files or other abrasives, according to materials, sizes and shapes of workpieces, amount of stock to be removed, finishes specified, and steps in finishing processes.
- Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
- Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
- Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools.
- Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
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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: +13.5%
National: -18.6%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$36,960.00
State
$27,380.00
Regional
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Includes chippers, buffers, and finishers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 37.33%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 26.74%
- 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) = 24.03%
- Some College Courses = 11.90%
Related Work Experience
- None = 38.93%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 23.80%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.98%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.90%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 11.90%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.49%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 30.16%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 26.98%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.71%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.04%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.49%
- None = 0.62%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 50.67%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.98%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 11.90%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 11.90%
- None or short demonstration = 11.77%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 0.77%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
- Mark defects, such as knotholes, cracks, and splits, for repair.
- Move controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
- Select files or other abrasives, according to materials, sizes and shapes of workpieces, amount of stock to be removed, finishes specified, and steps in finishing processes.
- Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
- Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
- Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools.
- Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
- Study blueprints or layouts to determine how to lay out workpieces or saw out templates.
- Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Sharpen abrasive grinding tools, using machines and hand tools.
- File grooved, contoured, and irregular surfaces of metal objects, such as metalworking dies and machine parts, to conform to templates, other parts, layouts, or blueprint specifications.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Record product and processing data on specified forms.
- Remove completed workpieces from equipment or work tables, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
- Apply solutions and chemicals to equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Wash grit from stone, using hoses.
- Clean brass particles from files by drawing file cards through file grooves.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
65.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
59.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
56.25 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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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. |
68.75 | 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. |
68.75 | 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). |
65.50 | 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. |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | 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. |
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 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.50 | 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. |
97.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
96.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
95.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
95.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
90.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
88.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
86.50 | 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. |
82.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
81.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
80.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
80.50 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
79.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
79.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
78.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
74.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
74.25 | 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. |
72.75 | 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. |
72.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
72.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
71.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
71.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
65.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
65.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
64.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
64.25 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
63.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
57.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
57.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
57.00 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
55.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
50.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
87.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.75 | 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. |
68.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
68.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
66.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
63.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
60.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
59.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
59.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
58.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
57.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
57.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
56.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | 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 and Polishing Workers, Hand
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.60 | 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? |
96.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
96.60 | 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? |
92.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
89.60 | 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? |
84.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
81.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
78.40 | 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? |
78.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
77.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
75.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
73.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
71.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
71.40 | 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? |
69.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
69.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
69.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
68.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
65.00 | 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? |
63.20 | 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? |
62.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
62.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.80 | 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.) |
58.00 | 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? |
53.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
51.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
50.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
49.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
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 and Polishing Workers, Hand
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $28,760.00 | $36,960.00 | $43,350.00 |
Virginia | $25,770.00 | $27,380.00 | $29,590.00 |
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 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | $25,506.03 | $28,189.50 | $32,986.41 |
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 | $27,750.77 | $28,836.66 | $34,442.26 |
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)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 16,100 | 13,100 | -18.6% |
Virginia | 882 | 1,001 | +13.5% |
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)
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
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- 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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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
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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.
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Titles
- Aircraft Skin Burnisher
- Balance Wheel Arm Burnisher
- Balance Wheel Hand Filer
- Barrel Finisher
- Barrel Repairer
- Beveler
- Bit Shaver
- Buffer
- Burrer
- Casting Finisher
- Center Hole Reamer
- Chipper
- Dial Polisher
- Dresser
- Fettler
- Fiberglass Boat Parts Finisher
- Filer
- Finisher
- Flat Surfacer
- Forging Dies Final Finisher
- Frame Repairer
- Glass Beveler
- Glass Edger
- Glass Finisher
- Glass Grinder
- Glass Polisher
- Glass Sander
- Glass Smoother
- Gold Burnisher
- Golf Club Facer
- Grease Buffer
- Grinder
- Grinder Chipper
- Grinder Operator
- Grinding and Polishing Laborer
- Gun Barrel Finisher
- Hand Buffer
- Hand Edger
- Hand Finisher
- Hand Grinder
- Hand Polisher
- Hand Reamer
- Hand Sander
- Hand Scraper
- Hand Shaper
- Hand Stone Polisher
- Hand Stoner
- Hand Tool Filer
- Hand Wood Sander
- Implant Polisher
- Jewel Bearing Broacher
- Jewel Bearing Polisher
- Jewel Bearing Turner
- Jewel Grinder
- Jewel Hole Cornerer
- Jewel Hole Rough Opener
- Jewelry Grinder
- Jewelry Manufacturer
- Jewelry Polisher
- Knife Grinder
- Laborer
- Metal Finisher
- Metal Mold Dresser
- Metal Sander
- Metal Sander and Finisher
- Metal Technician
- Mirror Polisher
- Mold Dresser
- Mold Finisher
- Mold Stamper and Repairer
- Needle Polisher
- Nib Finisher
- Patch Sander
- Pipe Buffer
- Pipe Finisher
- Pivot End Polisher
- Plastic Boat Buffer
- Plate Conditioner
- Polisher
- Production Cell Operator
- Ring Polisher
- Sandblaster
- Sander
- Sander and Buffer
- Sandstone Inspector-Repairer
- Snag Grinder
- Solar Film Installer
- Spigot Grinder
- Spin Table Operator
- Steel Barrel Reamer
- Stock Shaper
- Stone Fabricator
- Stoner
- Valve Grinder
- Ware Cleaner
- Watch Crystal Grinder
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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
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