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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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