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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 Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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