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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”

Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
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CNC Mastercam
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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CCG Systems FASTER
EditCNC
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Kentech Kipware Studio
JETCAM
Microsoft Excel