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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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