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

Related Technology & Tools

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