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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Controlling Machines and Processes79
2.Making Decisions and Solving Problems78
Getting Information78
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates75
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events75
6.Training and Teaching Others73
7.Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment72
Handling and Moving Objects72
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material72
10.Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People68
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
79
79
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
78
66
Determine the meal selection for a cafeteriaSelect the location for a major department storeMake the final decision about a company's 5-year plan
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
78
42
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
75
59
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
75
52
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Training and Teaching Others
Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
73
51
Give coworkers brief instructions on a simple procedural changeTeach a social sciences course to high school studentsDevelop and conduct training programs for a medical school
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
72
61
"Make simple, external adjustments to a door hinge with ordinary hand tools"Adjust a grandfather clockOverhaul a power plant turbine
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
72
73
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
72
49
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
68
61
Determine whether to remove a tree that has been damagedDetermine the value of property lost in a fireEstablish the value of a recently discovered ancient art work