Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects.

Other names for Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand: Filer, Glass Finisher, Golf Club Facer, Grinding and Polishing Laborer, Hand Reamer, Hand Stone Polisher, Hand Wood Sander, Implant Polisher, Jewel Bearing Broacher, Jewel Bearing Polisher, Jewel Bearing Turner, Jewel Grinder, Jewel Hole Cornerer, Jewel Hole Rough Opener, Jewelry Grinder, Jewelry Manufacturer, Jewelry Polisher, Knife Grinder, Laborer, Metal Finisher, Metal Mold Dresser, Metal Sander, Metal Sander and Finisher, Metal Technician, Mirror Polisher, Mold Dresser, Mold Finisher, Mold Stamper and Repairer, Needle Polisher, Nib Finisher, Patch Sander, Pipe Buffer, Pipe Finisher, Pivot End Polisher, Plastic Boat Buffer, Plate Conditioner, Polisher, Production Cell Operator, Ring Polisher, Sandblaster, Sander, Sander and Buffer, Sandstone Inspector-Repairer, Snag Grinder, Solar Film Installer, Finisher, Flat Surfacer, Forging Dies Final Finisher, Frame Repairer, Glass Beveler, Glass Edger, Glass Grinder, Glass Polisher, Glass Sander, Glass Smoother, Gold Burnisher, Grease Buffer, Grinder, Grinder Chipper, Grinder Operator, Gun Barrel Finisher, Hand Buffer, Hand Edger, Hand Finisher, Hand Grinder, Hand Polisher, Hand Sander, Hand Scraper, Hand Shaper, Hand Stoner, Hand Tool Filer, Aircraft Skin Burnisher, Balance Wheel Arm Burnisher, Balance Wheel Hand Filer, Barrel Finisher, Barrel Repairer, Beveler, Bit Shaver, Buffer, Burrer, Casting Finisher, Center Hole Reamer, Chipper, Dial Polisher, Dresser, Fettler, Fiberglass Boat Parts Finisher, Spigot Grinder, Spin Table Operator, Steel Barrel Reamer, Stock Shaper, Stone Fabricator, Stoner, Valve Grinder, Ware Cleaner, Watch Crystal Grinder,

• Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
• Mark defects such as knotholes, cracks, and splits for repair.
• Move controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
• Select files or other abrasives, according to materials, sizes and shapes of workpieces, amount of stock to be removed, finishes specified, and steps in finishing processes.
• Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
• Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
• Record product and processing data on specified forms.
• Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
• Remove completed workpieces from equipment or work tables, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
• Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools.
• Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
• Study blueprints or layouts to determine how to lay out workpieces or saw out templates.
• Apply solutions and chemicals to equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
• Spread emery powder or other polishing compounds on stone, or wet stone surfaces using hoses, then guide buffing wheels over stone to polish surfaces.
• Wash grit from stone, using hoses.
• Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
• Sharpen abrasive grinding tools, using machines and hand tools.
• 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.
• Clean brass particles from files by drawing file cards through file grooves.