Vocational Programs for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Career

The role of Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners is to perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $48,520 and $23 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners career. Based on BLS data, a total of 6,660 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners is $3,078. The average length of the programs is 1,030 hours and the average completion time is 9.25 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. Total 135 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	135	$3,078	$525	1,030 Hours	9.25 Months

Related Occupations to Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners.

Related Occupations toTool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	58,040	$58,500	$28
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9,170	$47,350	$23
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	24,750	$49,290	$24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5,740	$47,490	$23
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	33,020	$47,120	$23
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	9,760	$37,040	$18
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	43,570	$40,120	$19
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Schools offering vocational programs for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

The following 129 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.