Career roadmap
How to become a Tool Grinder
What you would actually do
The tasks Tool Grinders spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
- Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
- Operate grinding equipment.
- Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Select production equipment according to product specifications.
- Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
- Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Operations Monitoring3.9/5
- Operation and Control3.8/5
- Quality Control Analysis3.5/5
- Equipment Maintenance3.4/5
- Repairing3.4/5
- Critical Thinking3.3/5
- Monitoring3.0/5
- Equipment Selection3.0/5
- Troubleshooting3.0/5
- Reading Comprehension2.9/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Tool Grinders are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic7.0/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional4.3/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative2.1/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic1.3/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Social1.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising1.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
