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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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