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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
SOC 51-4194.00
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
Zone 2
Production
8
Skills
8
Knowledge
2
Job Zone
No
Green
Top Skills 8
Operation Monitoring3.9
Operation and Control3.8
Quality Control Analysis3.5
Equipment Maintenance3.4
Repairing3.4
Critical Thinking3.2
Monitoring3.0
Equipment Selection3.0
Knowledge Areas 8
Mechanical3.6
Mathematics3.5
English Language3.1
Production and Processing2.9
Education and Training2.7
Customer and Personal Service2.7
Administration and Management2.5
Engineering and Technology2.5
Key Tasks
1Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
2Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
3Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
4Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
5Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
Also Known As
Card Grinder
CNC Operator (Computer Numerically Controlled Operator)
Computer Numerical Control Grinding Technician (CNC Grinding Technician)
Crankshaft Grinder
Cutter Grind Tool Technician
Cutter Grinder
Cutting Tool Sharpener
Cylinder Grinder
Die Barber
Die Fitter
Tools & Equipment
Air pressure gauges
Automatic metalworking lathes
Bench grinding wheels
Computer numerically controlled CNC grinders
Counterbores
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