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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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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