Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 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.
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand is Also Know as
In different settings, Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand is titled as
- Buffer
- Casting Finisher
- Chipper
- Finisher
- Grinder
- Jewelry Polisher
- Knife Grinder
- Metal Finisher
- Polisher
- Stand Grinder
Education and Training of Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Education Required for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Training Required for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
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.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand in different industries are
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Tool and Die Makers
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
What Do Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand do?
- 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.
- Record product and processing data on specified forms.
- Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Remove completed workpieces from equipment or work tables, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
- 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.
- Apply solutions and chemicals to equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Wash grit from stone, using hoses.
- 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.
- Clean brass particles from files by drawing file cards through file grooves.
Qualities of Good Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- 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.
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- 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.
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- 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.
- 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.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- 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.
- 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).
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- 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.
- 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.
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- 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.
- 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.
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Tools Used by Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Air grinders
- Angle grinders
- Belt sanders
- Buffing wheels
- Cleaning scrapers
- Dial bore gauges
- Dial indicators
- Digital height gauges
- Digital micrometers
- Electric sander-polishers
- File cards
- Finishers
- Flat cold chisels
- Measuring tapes
- Orbit polishers
- Orbital buffers
- Orbital sanders
- Pad sanders
- Power chippers
- Precision file sets
- Profile meters
- Straight grinders
- Tire buffers
Technology Skills required for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word