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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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