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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”

Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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