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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.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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