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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Computer aided design CAD software
CCG Systems FASTER
JETCAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
EditCNC
Microsoft Outlook
Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Microsoft Office
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Word
CNC Mastercam
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Kentech Kipware Studio
ERP software
Microsoft Excel