Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.

“Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.” is a core task performed by Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#6 most important). About 76% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur. · importance 4.5
• Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications. · importance 4.5
• Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences. · importance 4.4
• Select and mount grinding wheels on machines, according to specifications, using hand tools and applying knowledge of abrasives and grinding procedures. · importance 4.4
• Compute numbers, widths, and angles of cutting tools, micrometers, scales, and gauges, and adjust tools to produce specified cuts. · importance 4.4
• Set up and operate grinding or polishing machines to grind metal workpieces, such as dies, parts, and tools. · importance 4.3
• Dress grinding wheels, according to specifications. · importance 4.2
• File or finish surfaces of workpieces, using prescribed hand tools. · importance 4.2
• Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective. · importance 4.2
• Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts. · importance 4.2
• Fit parts together in pre-assembly to ensure that dimensions are accurate. · importance 4.1
• Attach workpieces to grinding machines and form specified sections and repair cracks, using welding or brazing equipment. · importance 4.0
• Inspect dies to detect defects, assess wear, and verify specifications, using micrometers, steel gauge pins, and loupes. · importance 4.0
• Duplicate workpiece contours, using tracer attachments. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Turn valves to direct flow of coolant against cutting wheels and workpieces during grinding.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-10359}
}