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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

Other names for Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: Automatic Buffer, Blocker, Equipment Man, Feed Crusher Operator, Feed Mill Tender, Automatic Corn Grinder Operator, Automatic Grinding Machine Operator, Automatic Pattern Edger, Back Grinder, Ball Truing Machine Operator, Bark Grinder, Barytes Grinder, Batch Maker, Batch Mixer, Beater Engineer, Beater Engineer Helper, Bed Rubber, Beef Grinder, Beveler, Beveling and Edging Machine Operator, Beveling Machine Operator, Beveller Operator, Billet Sawyer, Bin Operator, Binman, Husker Operator, Lens Cleaner, Nut Grinder, Peanut Sheller, Pet Food Deboner, Plant Operator, Breaker Machine Operator, Breaker Tender, Breaking Machine Operator, Brush Sander, Buffer, Buffing and Sueding Machine Operator, Buhr Mill Operator, Bystronic Operator, Calciner, Carbon Grinder, Carbon Plant Grinder, Chisel Trimmer, Cinder Crusher Operator, Circle Beveler, Circle Edger, Clay Grinder, Clay Temperer, Coal Crusher Operator, Coal Mill Operator, Platen Grinder, Coal Pulverizing Operator, Cocoa Room Operator, Coffee Grinder, Coke Crusher Operator, Compounder, Computer Numerical Control Operator (CNC Operator), Continuous Crusher Operator, Contour Grinder, Convex Grinder, Convex Grinder Operator, Copra Processor, Corn Grinder, Corn Husker, Cracker, Crusher and Blender Operator, Crusher Feeder, Crusher Operator, Save All Operator, Crusher Plant Operator, Crusher Setter, Crusher Tender, Crushing Machine Operator, Crystal Cutter, Crystal Grinder, Crystal Lapper, Cullet Crusher, Cullet Crusher and Washer, Cullet Trucker, Cullet Washer, Custom Grinder, Custom Miller, Deburring Machine Operator, Deoiling Machine Operator, Disc-Pad Grinder, Distillery Miller, Dry Pan Operator, Edger, Edging Machine Setter, Finger Grip Machine Operator, Finish Machine Tender, Finishing Machine Tender, First Crusher, Frit Maker, Glass Belt Sander, Glass Edger Operator, Glass Grinder, Glass Worker, Glaze Grinder, Glaze Maker, Gold Reclaimer, Granite Polisher, Graphite Grinder, Grated Cheese Maker, Greenstone Polisher Operator, Grinder, Grinder Mill Operator, Grinder Operator, Grinder Tender, Grinding Mill Operator, Gristmill Operator, Gristmiller, Grit Blaster, Gritter, Gritting Machine Operator, Groover, Gypsum Calciner, Hammer Mill Operator, Hand Grinder, Hardboard Grinder, Head Grinder, Head Miller, Hide or Skin Buffer, Hog Tender, Hull Grinder, Huller, Huller Operator, Hydration Plant Operator, Hydrator, Hydrator Operator, Hydropulper, Hydropulper Operator, Inflated-Pad Buffer, Ink Grinder, Ivory Polisher, Jewel Bearing Facer, Jewel Bearing Grinder, Jewel Corner Brushing Machine Operator, Jewel Cupping Machine Operator, Jewel Flat Surfacer, Jewel Grinder, Jewel Hole Finish Opener, Kontura Operator, Laboratory Apparatus Glass Grinder, Laboratory Miller, Lacquer Maker, Leguillon Debeader, Lens Fabricating Machine Tender, Lens Grinding Machine Operator, Level Vial Grinder, Level Vial Inside Grinder, Liquor Grinder Mill Operator, Liquor Grinding Mill Operator, Log Chipper Operator, Machine Buffer, Machine Operator, Machine Sand Mixer, Machine Stone Polisher, Machine Stone Polisher Apprentice, Machine Tender, Machine Turner, Manufacturing Assistant, Manufacturing Associate, Manufacturing Operator, Equipment Worker, Fabricator, Facer, Feed Crusher, Bone Crusher, Bone Grinder, Bowling Ball Finisher, Feed Grinder, Feed Mill Operator, Nut Sheller, Ore Crusher, Paint Grinder, Pebble Mill Operator, Pecan Huller, Pecan Sheller, Perlite Grinder, Pigment Grinder, Pipe Bowl Paint Trimmer, Planer Operator, Planer Stone, Plate Glass Grinder, Plate Glass Polisher, Polisher, Abrasive Grinder, Air Bag Buffer, Air Chipper, Automatic Blocker, Marble Machine Operator, Marble Polisher, Marble Rubber, Meal Grinder Tender, Meal Miller, Meat Grinder, Merchant Miller, Milk Powder Grinder, Mill and Coal Transport Operator, Mill Attendant, Mill Operator, Miller, Miller Apprentice, Mirror Finishing Machine Operator, Miter Grinder Operator, Mix Crusher Operator, Mold Chipper, Mold Dresser, Mold Polisher, Notch Grinder, Polishing Machine Operator, Polishing Machine Tender, Powder Mill Operator, Press Operator, Production Operator, Pulp Grinder, Pulp Grinder and Blender, Pulp Refiner Operator, Pulper, Pulverizer, Pulverizer Mill Operator, Pulverizer Operator, Radius Corner Machine Operator, Raw Mill Operator, Reeler, Refiner Operator, Refining Machine Operator, Regrinder, Rock Crusher, Rock Crusher Operator, Rock Crushing Machine Operator, Rod Mill Tender, Roll Grinder, Roll Tender, Roller, Roller Coverer, Roller Mill Operator, Rough and Trueing Machine Operator, Rough and Truing Machine Operator, Rubber Grinder, Rubbing Bed Operator, Sagger Preparer, Salt Grinder, Salt Washer, Sand Mill Grinder, Sandblast Operator, Sandblaster, Sander, Sander Operator, Sausage Grinder, Scale Reclamation Tender, Scratcher Tender, Second Miller, Seed Yeast Operator, Shaker, Shaper, Shot Blast Equipment Operator, Shot Blaster, Shotblast Operator, Shotblaster, Shredder Operator, Shredding Floor Equipment Operator, Sifter, Slab Grinder, Slate Splitter, Slurry Control Operator Helper, Smoother, Snuff Grinder, Snuff Grinder and Screener, Snuff Maker, Soap Grinder, Spice Grinder, Spice Miller, Sponge Buffer, Spouter, Stamper, Stamping Mill Tender, Stone Lathe Operator, Stone Mill Operator, Stone Planer, Stone Rougher, Stopper Grinder, Straight Line Edger, Strip Polisher, Sugar Chipper Machine Operator, Sugar Grinder, Surface Plate Finisher, Sweet Potato Disintegrator, Synthetic Soil Blocks Pulper, Third Miller, Tile Grinder, Tire Buffer, Tombstone Polisher, Top Polisher, Touch-Up Edger, Tube Buffer, Tumbler, Tumbler Operator, Unit Operator, Unit Tender, Wafer Abrading Machine Tender, Ware Dresser, Waredresser, Washer and Crusher Tender, Watch Crystal Edge Grinder, Wet Mix Operator, Wet Pan Operator, Wet Process Miller, Wheat and Oats Flake Miller, Wheel Mill Operator, White Lead Grinder, Wood Flour Miller, Wood Grinder, Wood Grinder Operator,

What do Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders do?
  • Clean work areas.
  • Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.
  • Dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Inspect chains, belts, and scrolls for signs of wear.
  • Tend accessory equipment such as pumps and conveyors in order to move materials or ingredients through production processes.
  • Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment.
  • Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing.
  • Mark bins as to types of mixtures stored.
  • Turn valves to regulate the moisture contents of materials.
  • Load materials into machinery and equipment, using hand tools.
  • Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices.
  • Break mixtures to size, using picks.
  • Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.
  • Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.
  • Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials.
  • Record data from operations, testing, and production on specified forms.
  • Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually or with hands, in order to ensure conformance to established standards.
  • Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and/or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.
  • Clean, adjust and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
  • Notify supervisors of needed repairs.
  • Set mill gauges to specified fineness of grind.
  • Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems.

Do you enjoy these?
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Ammeters
  • Weight measuring instrument accessories
  • Hammer drills
  • Hammers
  • Pullers
  • Desktop computers
  • Dollies
  • Forklifts
  • Front end loaders
  • Grease guns
  • Hand trucks or accessories
  • Hand clamps
  • Hole saws
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Squares
  • Locking pliers
  • Mallets
  • Slings
  • Tape measures
  • Wheel loaders
  • Workshop cranes
  • Personal computers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Picks
  • Power drills
  • Power grinders
  • Pressure or steam cleaners
  • Ear plugs
  • Pry bars
  • Ratchets
  • Goggles
  • Razor knives
  • Socket sets
  • Screwdrivers
  • Utility knives
  • Wire brushes

Technology used
  • Word processing software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Electronic mail software

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