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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”

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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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