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	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	Machinists	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
SUMMARY	88% Imminent Risk	41% Moderate Risk	66% High Risk	63% High Risk	62% High Risk	61% High Risk
JOB SCORE	1.4/10	6.4/10	3.5/10	2.7/10	4.8/10	2.8/10
POLLING	73% (High Risk, Based on 16 votes)	36% (Low Risk, Based on 66 votes)	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 203 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 26 votes)	61% (High Risk, Based on 28 votes)	65% (High Risk, Based on 27 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-12.0%	16.1%	0.0%	-10.7%	12.8%	-0.5%
WAGES	$45,190 or $21.72 per hour	$63,760 or $30.65 per hour	$56,150 or $26.99 per hour	$49,970 or $24.02 per hour	$65,670 or $31.57 per hour	$46,060 or $22.14 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	70,110	421,940	298,790	176,950	28,230	129,850
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DESCRIPTION	Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.	Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.	Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.	Operate computer-controlled tools, machines, or robots to machine or process parts, tools, or other work pieces made of metal, plastic, wood, stone, or other materials. May also set up and maintain equipment.	Develop programs to control machining or processing of materials by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems. May also set up, operate, or maintain equipment.	Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

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