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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”

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

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Sensitive drill presses
Half-round files
Welding lenses
Hydraulic presses
Heat-treating equipment
Center drills
Radial drill presses
Radius gauges
Aviation snips
Vernier height gauges
Combination pliers
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Tube benders
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Power sanders
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Dial calipers
Chamfer tools
Steel wedges
Turning lathes
Screw pitch gauges
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Knee mills
Telescoping gauges
Horizontal boring bars
Metal shears
Cutoff saws
Machinists' squares
Full face shields
Turret lathes
Boring bars
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Power drills
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Angled feeler gauges
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Cold saws
Tongs
Ring gauges
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Desktop computers
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Inside micrometers
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Personal computers
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Hacksaws
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Surface gauges
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Thread gauges
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Torches
Adjustable wrenches
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Hex keys
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Micrometers
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Radial drills
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