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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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