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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 Mechanic”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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