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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 “Deck Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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