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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 “Automotive Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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