operating fixed or portable buffing and polishing machines
// Unit group · 7224
Metal Polishers, Wheel Grinders and Tool Sharpeners
Metal polishers, wheel grinders and tool sharpeners polish and grind metal surfaces and sharpen tools.
7 Craft and Related Trades Workers / 72 Metal, Machinery and Related Trades Workers / 722 Blacksmiths, Toolmakers and Related Trades Workers / All level 4
// Working conditions
// Hand tools
sharpening cutting tools and instruments using grinding wheels or mechanically operated grinding machines
repairing, adjusting and sharpening saw blades and metal teeth of cylinders in textile carding machines
dressing grinding wheels, according to specifications
monitoring machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, and stopping machines when problems occur
inspecting, feeling, and measuring work pieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications
selecting and mounting grinding wheels on machines according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures.
Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Knife sharpener
- Metal finisher
- Metal polisher
- Tool grinder
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Metal finishing machine operator - 8122
- Metal polishing machine operator - 8122
Indexed job titles 20
- Bluer, metalISCO-88 7224
- Buffer, metalISCO-88 7224
- Burnisher, metalISCO-88 7224
- Cleaner, metalISCO-88 7224
- Doctor, sawISCO-88 7224
- Finisher, cast metal articlesISCO-88 7224
- Finisher, metalISCO-88 7224
- Grinder, machine toolISCO-88 7224
- Grinder, metalISCO-88 7224
- Grinder, textile carding machineISCO-88 7224
- Grinder, toolISCO-88 7224
- Polisher, metalISCO-88 7224
- Repairer, sawISCO-88 7224
- Repairer, sawISCO-88 7224
- Sharpener, cutting instrumentsISCO-88 7224
- Sharpener, itinerantISCO-88 7224
- Sharpener, knifeISCO-88 7224
- Sharpener, sawISCO-88 7224
- Sharpener, toolISCO-88 7224
- Wheel-grinder, metalISCO-88 7224