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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 “Carbide Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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