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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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