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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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided design CAD software
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