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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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