CAREER
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Overview
Salary Median (2020)
$41,060
Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)
-4.8% (decline)
Most Common Level of Education
High school diploma or equivalent
Career
What Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Do
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
Other Job Titles Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners May Have
Cutter Grinder, Finisher, Grinder, Grinder Operator, OD Grinder Operator (Outer Diameter Grinder Operator), Saw Filer, Tool Grinder, Tool and Cutter Grinder
Tasks & Responsibilities May Include
- 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.
- Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
- Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
- Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts.
Education
Level of Education Attained by Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Most common level of education among people in
this career: High school diploma or equivalent (48%)
Less than high school diploma
18%
High school diploma or equivalent
48%
Some college, no degree
22%
Other*
12%
*All other responses combined for clarity.
Majors Related to Career
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