Glass polisher

Code 8181.9

Glass polishers finish plate glass to make a variety of glass products. They polish the edges of the glass using grinding and polishing wheels, and spray solutions on glass or operate vacuum coating machines to provide a mirrored surface.

Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • adjust glass sheets
  • remove defective products
  • use personal protection equipment
  • ensure equipment availability
  • inspect glass sheet
  • smooth glass edges
  • smooth glass surface
  • remove processed workpiece
  • use abrasive wheel

Transversal competences

  • keep records of work progress
  • measure materials
  • operate grinding hand tools
  • report defective manufacturing materials
  • use power tools

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences