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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 “Electrical Experimental Mechanic”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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