Grinder / Sharpener
Quick Facts
Median Salary$43,756
Most Common EducationHigh school or GED
Projected 10-Year Growth+2.65%
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What They Do
A Grinder or Sharpener operates grinding machinery used to sharpen metal tools and blades.
Core Tasks:
- 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.
- 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.
- Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
- Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools.
- Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.
- Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications.
- 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.
- Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
- Remove and replace worn or broken machine parts, using hand tools.
What to expect as a Grinder / Sharpener
1Earn a High school or GED Diploma
51% of people achieve this level of education.
2Gain skills and experience
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3Land a job
1504 openings for Grinders / Sharpeners
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