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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 “Development Mechanic”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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