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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)”

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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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