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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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