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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 “CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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