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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”

Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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