-
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties, and mathematics.
-
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions, for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
-
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
-
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
-
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
-
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
-
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
-
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
-
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
-
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
-
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
-
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
-
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
-
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
-
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
-
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
-
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
-
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
-
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
-
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
-
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
-
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
-
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
-
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
-
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
-
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
-
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
-
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
-
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.