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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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