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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 Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Excel
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Computer aided design CAD software
ERP software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Outlook