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“Carbide Operator” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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