About the job
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.
What you'll do
- Apply solutions and chemicals to equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Clean brass particles from files by drawing file cards through file grooves.
- 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.
- Fill cracks or imperfections in marble with wax that matches the stone color.
- Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Sharpen abrasive grinding tools, using machines and hand tools.
- Spread emery powder or other polishing compounds on stone, or wet stone surfaces with hoses, and guide buffing wheels over stone to polish surfaces.
- Study blueprints or layouts to determine how to lay out workpieces or saw out templates.
- Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
- Wash grit from stone, using hoses.
Things you need to know
- English Language – Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training – Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Transportation – Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Public Safety and Security – Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Mathematics – Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Abilities you'll need to have
- Quality Control Analysis – Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Equipment Maintenance – Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Equipment Selection – Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Repairing – Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Operation and Control – Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Monitoring – Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.