Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

People in this career often have talent in:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• 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.
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Operate grinding equipment.
• Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.

• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Select production equipment according to product specifications.
• Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
• Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
• Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow.
• Apply solutions to production equipment.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
• Clean production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Lubricate production equipment.
• Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
• Package products for storage or shipment.
• Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Operate welding equipment.
• Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
• Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.
• Replace worn equipment components.
• Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.

• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

• Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic