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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 “Experimental Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
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