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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 “Conventional Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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