Where a tool grinder can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a tool grinder already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Tool grinder perform precision grinding processes on metal objects and tools. They grind, sharpen or smoothen metal surfaces using the appropriate tools and instruments. Tool grinders follow tooling instructions and assure the processed workpiece meets the necessary specifications.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 39%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 0difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 33required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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tool grinder is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a tool grinder already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.