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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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