Occupation Atlasmetal polisher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d07a4984-e775-46a7-b967-a3d0b3a54268
metal polisher
Metal polishers use metal working equipment and machinery to polish and buff almost finished metal workpieces in order to enhance their smoothness and appearance and to remove oxidisation, tarnishing the metal after the other fabrication processes. They may operate equipment using diamond solutions, silicon-made polishing pads, or working wheels with a leather polishing strop, and tend to these materials ensuring their effectiveness.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.10
- I Investigative2.23
- A Artistic1.41
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4193.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply polishing lubricants
- buffing motions
- ensure equipment availability
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- set up the controller of a machine
- spot metal imperfections
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of lubricants
- types of metal
Optional (30)
- abrasive machining processes
- advise on machinery malfunctions
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- consult technical resources
- ferrous metal processing
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- manufacture of small metal parts
- manufacturing of cutlery
- manufacturing of door furniture from metal
- manufacturing of light metal packaging
- manufacturing of metal assembly products
- manufacturing of metal household articles
- manufacturing of weapons and ammunition
- mark processed workpiece
- measure flatness of a surface
- metal polishing machine parts
- metal smoothing technologies
- monitor automated machines
- non-ferrous metal processing
- operate metal polishing equipment
- operate sandblaster
- operate surface grinder
- perform machine maintenance
- precious metal processing
- record production data for quality control
- smooth burred surfaces
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend metal polishing machine
- types of metal manufacturing processes
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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