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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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