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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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