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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 Instrument Maker”

Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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