Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Production · SOC 51-4194

0.0% AI Exposure — Low

$50,060

Median Annual Salary

Average

O*NET Outlook

1,200

Proj. Annual Openings

5,600

Employment (OEWS 2025)

100/100

AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%

AI Resiliency100/100

Exposure BandLow

Sector Avg. Exposure0.8%

1.Operations Monitoring

2.Operation and Control

3.Quality Control Analysis

4.Equipment Maintenance

5.Repairing

O*NET occupation profile

Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Common titles: Cutter Grinder, Finisher, Grinder, Grinder Operator, OD Grinder Operator (Outer Diameter Grinder Operator), Saw Filer

•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.

•Operate grinding equipment.
•Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
•Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
•Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
•Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.

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Occupations Shown

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