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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
Tasks for “Electrical Experimental Mechanic”
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- 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.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- 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.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rubber mallets
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Ladders
- Machinists' squares
- Welding shields
- Cold saws
- Brass hammers
- Portable welding equipment
- Pillar drill machines
- Sharpening equipment
- Sledgehammers
- Hacksaws
- Drum lathes
- Ring gauges
- Marking blocks
- Screw pitch gauges
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Combination pliers
- Sine bars
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Hand saws
- Swaging tools
- Soldering equipment
- Undercut tools
- Milling vises
- Horizontal mills
- Wedges
- Radial drills
- Thread gauges
- Crankshaft grinders
- Machinists' hammers
- Outside micrometers
- Deburring tools
- Welding lenses
- Turning lathes
- Resurfacing machines
- Planer gauges
- Aviation snips
- Hex wrenches
- Horizontal boring bars
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Steel rules
- Needlenose pliers
- Full face shields
- Hex keys
- Jointers
- Utility knives
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Boring tools
- Sensitive drill presses
- Scribers
- Inside spring calipers
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Reamers
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Flywheel lathes
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Metal cutting taps
- Shears
- Square chisels
- Cylindrical grinders
- Forklifts
- Broachers
- Handheld welders
- Torches
- Pipe threaders
- Channel lock pliers
- Chucks
- Cylinder honers
- Cold chisels
- Threading machines
- Metal shears
- Spirit levels
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Brake presses
- Combination wrenches
- Heat-treating equipment
- Punches
- Grinders
- Outside spring calipers
- Power hacksaws
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Boring bars
- Edge finders
- Angled feeler gauges
- Feeler gauges
- Steel wedges
- Gauges
- Pry bars
- Metal spray equipment
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Putty knives
- Turret lathes
- Plasma welders
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Surface gauges
- V blocks
- Buffers
- Shapers
- Height gauges
- Magnetic retrievers
- Tongs
- Half-round files
- Shims
- Grinding dogs
- Workshop cranes
- Side cutting pliers
- Ball peen hammers
- Surface grinding machines
- Composition hammers
- Hand clamps
- Power sanders
- Angle plates
- Parallel blocks
- Center drills
- Radius gauges
- Planers
- Breaker lathes
- Calipers
- Knee mills
- Lathes
- Socket wrench sets
- Hydraulic presses
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Cutoff saws
- Chamfer tools
- Brazing equipment
- Engine lathes
- Pipe wrenches
- Tube benders
- Dial indicators
- Flat files
- Milling machines
- Chippers
- Horizontal lathes
- Arbor presses
- Bandsaws
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Telescoping gauges
- Platforms
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Combination drills
- Laser printers
- Desktop computers
- Radial drill presses
- Staging equipment
- Inside micrometers
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Screwdrivers
- Milling angle form cutters
- Vertical milling machines
- Anvils
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Dial calipers
- Vernier calipers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Adjustable wrenches
- Prick punches
- Sandblasters
- Ratchet sets
- Vernier height gauges
- Power drills
- Micrometers
- Beverly shears
- Personal computers
- Valve grinding machines
- Microsoft Office
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- CCG Systems FASTER
- EditCNC
- JETCAM
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- ERP software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Microsoft Excel
- Armchair Machinist software
- CNC Mastercam