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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
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Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Word
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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CNC Mastercam
Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
ERP software
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