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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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