What Does it Take to Be a Hand Grinding & Polishing Worker?

Hand Grinding & Polishing Worker Example 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.

List of Hand Grinding & Polishing Worker Job Duties

• Fill cracks or imperfections in marble with wax that matches the stone color.
• Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
• 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.
• Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
• Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
• Wash grit from stone, using hoses.

Hand Grinding & Polishing Worker Needed Skills

Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers state the following job skills are important in their day-to-day work.

Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Types of Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers

• Mold Finisher
• Hand Tool Filer
• Spin Table Operator
• Sander and Buffer
• Plastic Boat Buffer

Is There Job Demand for Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers?

There were about 26,600 jobs for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand in 2016 (in the United States).

Hand Grinding and Polishing Worker jobs are decreasing by a rate of -20.5%. This means the total job opportunities are shrinking. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a loss of -5,400 jobs for Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers by 2026. Due to new job openings and attrition, there will be an average of 2,100 job openings in this field each year.

The states with the most job growth for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand are Colorado, Maryland, and Idaho.

Watch out if you plan on working in California, Michigan, or New York. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.

What is the Average Salary of a Hand Grinding & Polishing Worker

The typical yearly salary for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand is somewhere between $21,500 and $46,980. The median salary for this occupation is $29,550.

How much do Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand make in different U.S. states?

Annual Mean Salary by State

State	Annual Mean Salary
Massachusetts	$42,560
Maine	$41,260
New Jersey	$39,090
Rhode Island	$36,950
Colorado	$36,680
New York	$36,460
Minnesota	$36,060
Maryland	$35,980
Pennsylvania	$35,830
Virginia	$35,720
Connecticut	$34,850
Arizona	$34,310
Nebraska	$33,910
California	$33,260
Washington	$33,130
South Dakota	$32,920
Florida	$32,130
Oregon	$32,010
Vermont	$31,930
Indiana	$31,880
Texas	$31,720
Kentucky	$31,680
Hawaii	$31,670
Montana	$31,580
Iowa	$31,500
Alabama	$30,920
Illinois	$30,900
Kansas	$30,780
Utah	$30,750
Oklahoma	$30,340
Michigan	$30,050
Missouri	$29,990
Tennessee	$29,980
New Hampshire	$29,790
Wisconsin	$29,450
Ohio	$29,390
Mississippi	$29,240
Georgia	$28,800
North Carolina	$28,450
New Mexico	$28,140
North Dakota	$28,130
Arkansas	$27,990
South Carolina	$27,970
Nevada	$27,760
West Virginia	$27,300
Louisiana	$26,860

What Tools do Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers Use?

Below is a list of the types of tools and technologies that Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers may use on a daily basis:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Data entry software

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• Rock Splitters, Quarry

References

Bureau of Labor Statistics

College Factual

O*NET Online

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