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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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