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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”

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

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

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