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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 “Bench Hand”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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