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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”

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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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