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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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