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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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