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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”

Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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