Glass polisher jobs in Finland
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.
Glass polisher – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 17.91 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 14.21 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.45 €/h |
| Employees | 1,213 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 17.35 €/h | 252 |
| Men | 18.13 €/h | 961 |
Glass polisher - Which skills are essential?
Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
Inspect the drawn sheets of glass in order to detect any flows such as blisters or stones, signalling the defective glass sheets.
Remove defective materials from the production line.
Use automated abrasive belts to smooth or shape glass edges.
Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.
Operate power driven pumps. Use hand tools or power tools. Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment.
Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.
Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
Adjust glass sheets` thickness, according to the gauge readings, using asbestos pads on the sides of the kilns` cooling jacket.
Smooth glass or lens surfaces of optical instruments with grinding and polishing tools, such as diamond tools.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Operate a variety of hand tools designed for grinding production materials, such as angle grinders, die grinders, grindstones, bench grinders, and others.
Use the specific abrasive wheel or the step in the finishing process according to the type of stone or workpiece.
Measure the raw materials prior to their loading in the mixer or in machines, ensuring they conform with the specifications.
Glass polisher - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.
Adjust the tension and the position of the belt on the measuring machines` spindles, following the belt-size chart specifications.
Tend manufacturing machines designed to coat workpiece surfaces by applying various coating machine processes, such as powder coating, monitor and operate it according to regulations.
Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.
Use a paint gun to coat or paint surfaces of items which are stationary or moving on a conveyor belt. Load the equipment with the suitable type of paint and spray the paint onto the surface in an even and controlled manner to prevent paint from dripping or splashing.
Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.
Analyse the ability of products to endure stress imposed by temperature, loads, motion, vibration and other factors, by using mathematical formulas and computer simulations.
Use glass cutting tools or diamond blades to cut pieces out of glass plates, including mirrors.
Manage or dispose of significant amounts of waste materials or hazardous materials. Ensure required licenses and permits are in place and reasonable management practices, industry standards, or commonly accepted farming practices followed.
Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
Apply a layer of protective solutions such as permethrine to protect the product from damage such as corrosion, fire or parasites, using a spray gun or paintbrush.
Perform cleaning routines after equipment use.
Rinse the glass following the bevelling process using water in order to remove the abrasive residue.
Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.
Process of evaporating aluminium or silver in a vacuum chamber containing glass objects, such as mirrors or optical instruments, to obtain a reflective coating. Some methods also use pure oxygen or a layer of quartz.
Handle the damaged glass sheets so that they do not collapse into the kiln by closing the roll of the drawing kiln.
Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
The production and characteristisc of organic basic chemicals such as ethanol, methanol, benzene and inorganic basic chemicals such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen.