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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”

Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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