Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
ProductionAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with an AI automation risk score of 4%. Analysis includes 18 core tasks.
Why This Score?
- Work environment requires human interaction and presence
Responsibilities and Abilities
Key Responsibilities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Required Abilities
- Control Precision
- Manual Dexterity
- Near Vision
- Problem Sensitivity
- Reaction Time
Key Tasks
Observe machine operations to detect any problems, making necessary adjustments to correct problems.
Repair or replace machine parts, using hand tools, or notify engineering personnel when corrective action is required.
Thread and hand-feed materials through machine cutters or abraders.
Set and adjust machine controls according to product specifications, using knowledge of machine operation.
Mount and position tools in machine chucks, spindles, or other tool holding devices, using hand tools.
Move machine controls to index workpieces, and to adjust machines for pre-selected operational settings.
Study blueprints, work orders, or machining instructions to determine product specifications, tool requirements, and operational sequences.
Lift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps.
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Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data