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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 “Auto Machinist”

Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Computer aided design CAD software
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Word
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Outlook
ERP software
Microsoft Excel
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
CNC Mastercam
CCG Systems FASTER
JETCAM
EditCNC
Armchair Machinist software
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Office
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator