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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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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