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Last updated: April 19, 2024
Grinder Setup Operator Universal Salary
in Nashville, Tennessee
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$42,909 (USD)
Average Salary
$21/hr
Average Hourly
$657
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Grinder Setup Operator Universal is $42,909 a year and $21 an hour in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The average salary range for a Grinder Setup Operator Universal is between $31,710 and $50,890. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nashville, Tennessee.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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About Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census. Nashville is the 21st most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, and is one of the fastest growing in the nation.
Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates combination external- and internal- (universal) grinding machine to grind external and internal cylindrical and tapered surface of rotating workpieces, such as tool, die, and machine parts, usually for limited runs, analyzing blueprints and specifications and selecting tooling according to knowledge of external and internal grinding procedures: studies blueprint or layout on workpiece to visualize grinding to be done and plans sequence of operations.
- Selects grinding wheel, according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives, and mounts wheel on spindle.
- Dresses wheel manually or with preset dressing device.
- Moves controls and reads dials to set rotation speeds and feed rates.
- Positions and tightens stops or cams to limit travel of workpiece or wheel.
- Moves controls to feed grinding wheel to workpiece or vice versa manually or automatically.
- Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece.
- Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece, using such measuring instruments as micrometers, dial indicators, gauge blocks, and optical comparator.
- May dress grinding wheel to specified profile, using special fixtures and tools.
- May grind nonmetallic materials, such as plastics.
- May operate tracer attachment to duplicate contours from templates or models.
- May be required to have experience with particular material, product, or precision level, or with machine of particular type or trade name.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Grinder Setup Operator Universal is $42,909 a year and $21 an hour in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The average salary range for a Grinder Setup Operator Universal is between $31,710 and $50,890. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nashville, Tennessee.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Grinder Setup Operator Universal Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job family population: 73,800
Estimated population of Grinder Setup Operator Universal jobs: 5,967
Rate of error: 1.2%
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About Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census. Nashville is the 21st most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous city in the southeastern U.S. Located on the Cumberland River, the city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, and is one of the fastest growing in the nation.
Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still...
Job Summary
Description:
- Sets up and operates combination external- and internal- (universal) grinding machine to grind external and internal cylindrical and tapered surface of rotating workpieces, such as tool, die, and machine parts, usually for limited runs, analyzing blueprints and specifications and selecting tooling according to knowledge of external and internal grinding procedures: studies blueprint or layout on workpiece to visualize grinding to be done and plans sequence of operations.
- Selects grinding wheel, according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives, and mounts wheel on spindle.
- Dresses wheel manually or with preset dressing device.
- Moves controls and reads dials to set rotation speeds and feed rates.
- Positions and tightens stops or cams to limit travel of workpiece or wheel.
- Moves controls to feed grinding wheel to workpiece or vice versa manually or automatically.
- Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece.
- Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece, using such measuring instruments as micrometers, dial indicators, gauge blocks, and optical comparator.
- May dress grinding wheel to specified profile, using special fixtures and tools.
- May grind nonmetallic materials, such as plastics.
- May operate tracer attachment to duplicate contours from templates or models.
- May be required to have experience with particular material, product, or precision level, or with machine of particular type or trade name.
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