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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Aircraft Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Staging equipment
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Cold saws
Magnetic retrievers
Plasma welders
Forklifts
Reamers
Cold chisels
Boring bars
Half-round files
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Desktop computers
Socket wrench sets
Screw pitch gauges
Brass hammers
Knee mills
Binocular light compound microscopes
Sandblasters
Hand saws
Surface gauges
Radius gauges
Telescoping gauges
Shears
Turning lathes
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Valve grinding machines
Hex wrenches
Centrifugal spin casters
Undercut tools
Chippers
Ring gauges
Power drills
Welding lenses
Calipers
Machinists' squares
Steel wedges
V blocks
Thread gauges
Power sanders
Pipe threaders
Surface grinding machines
Ball peen hammers
Center drills
Cylindrical grinders
Brake presses
Pipe wrenches
Drum lathes
Ratchet sets
Milling machines
Buffers
Combination pliers
Utility knives
Ladders
Radial drill presses
Vernier bevel protractors
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Side cutting pliers
Boring tools
Horizontal boring bars
Machinists' hammers
Bandsaws
Shielded arc welding tools
Wedges
Composition hammers
Milling vises
Radial drills
Combination drills
Screwdrivers
Beverly shears
Workshop cranes
Marking blocks
Punches
Square chisels
Swaging tools
Threading machines
Vernier calipers
Pillar drill machines
Tube benders
Arbor presses
Chamfer tools
Machine shop rigging equipment
Hydraulic presses
Sine bars
Horizontal lathes
Scribers
Tongs
Metal cutting taps
Horizontal mills
Pry bars
Crankshaft grinders
Sledgehammers
Planers
Micrometers
Hand clamps
Heat-treating equipment
Portable welding equipment
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Edge finders
Outside micrometers
Parallel blocks
Grinders
Cutoff saws
Sharpening equipment
Planer gauges
Prick punches
Engine lathes
Personal computers
Outside spring calipers
Milling angle form cutters
Laser printers
Deburring tools
Inside spring calipers
Spirit levels
Anvils
Welding shields
Adjustable wrenches
Angled feeler gauges
Dial indicators
Hex keys
Cylinder honers
Gauges
Aviation snips
Steel rules
Chucks
Vertical milling machines
Hermaphrodite calipers
Spindle blade screwdrivers
Needlenose pliers
Grinding wheel arbors
Turret lathes
Handheld welders
Personal digital assistants PDA
Dial calipers
Flat files
Soldering equipment
Single-cut mill saw files
Shapers
Platforms
Vernier height gauges
Phillips head screwdrivers
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Flywheel lathes
Grinding dogs
Metal shears
Resurfacing machines
Shims
Angle plates
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Breaker lathes
Hacksaws
Power hacksaws
Channel lock pliers
Combination wrenches
Torches
Putty knives
Inside micrometers
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Sensitive drill presses
Lathes
Full face shields
Height gauges
Jointers
Feeler gauges
Metal spray equipment
Brazing equipment
Broachers
Rubber mallets

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Microsoft Outlook
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Kentech Kipware Studio
ERP software
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Computer aided design CAD software
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Excel
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Word
Autodesk AutoCAD
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Armchair Machinist software
JETCAM
Microsoft Office