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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
Tasks for “Fitter”
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- 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.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- 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.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Related Technology & Tools
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Machinists' squares
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Swaging tools
- Channel lock pliers
- Marking blocks
- Milling machines
- Hacksaws
- Reamers
- Cold chisels
- Flywheel lathes
- Undercut tools
- Cylindrical grinders
- Cold saws
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Spirit levels
- Laser printers
- Arbor presses
- Ball peen hammers
- Vertical milling machines
- Cutoff saws
- Horizontal boring bars
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Screwdrivers
- Punches
- Sharpening equipment
- Lathes
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Heat-treating equipment
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Rubber mallets
- Wedges
- Magnetic retrievers
- Outside spring calipers
- Vernier height gauges
- Thread gauges
- Height gauges
- Putty knives
- Workshop cranes
- Grinders
- Steel rules
- Hex keys
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Welding lenses
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Angled feeler gauges
- Brake presses
- Deburring tools
- Socket wrench sets
- Soldering equipment
- Edge finders
- Prick punches
- Composition hammers
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Surface grinding machines
- Crankshaft grinders
- Metal shears
- Parallel blocks
- Torches
- V blocks
- Anvils
- Breaker lathes
- Boring bars
- Machinists' hammers
- Engine lathes
- Turret lathes
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Tongs
- Threading machines
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Horizontal mills
- Angle plates
- Hex wrenches
- Planers
- Center drills
- Plasma welders
- Feeler gauges
- Forklifts
- Boring tools
- Milling vises
- Gauges
- Chippers
- Sine bars
- Valve grinding machines
- Chucks
- Buffers
- Tube benders
- Hand clamps
- Ladders
- Ring gauges
- Pry bars
- Power sanders
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Resurfacing machines
- Sensitive drill presses
- Sandblasters
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Shims
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Inside micrometers
- Platforms
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Planer gauges
- Power hacksaws
- Outside micrometers
- Combination wrenches
- Hand saws
- Radial drill presses
- Knee mills
- Hydraulic presses
- Flat files
- Micrometers
- Sledgehammers
- Aviation snips
- Pipe wrenches
- Welding shields
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Full face shields
- Pipe threaders
- Half-round files
- Adjustable wrenches
- Desktop computers
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Pillar drill machines
- Grinding dogs
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Metal spray equipment
- Horizontal lathes
- Jointers
- Staging equipment
- Surface gauges
- Inside spring calipers
- Screw pitch gauges
- Bandsaws
- Metal cutting taps
- Shears
- Shapers
- Milling angle form cutters
- Combination pliers
- Portable welding equipment
- Radial drills
- Beverly shears
- Broachers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Calipers
- Dial calipers
- Steel wedges
- Ratchet sets
- Drum lathes
- Scribers
- Needlenose pliers
- Combination drills
- Utility knives
- Dial indicators
- Side cutting pliers
- Brazing equipment
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Power drills
- Vernier calipers
- Brass hammers
- Square chisels
- Turning lathes
- Personal computers
- Cylinder honers
- Chamfer tools
- Radius gauges
- Handheld welders
- Telescoping gauges
- Computer aided design CAD software
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- CNC Mastercam
- ERP software
- EditCNC
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Microsoft Office
- JETCAM
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- Armchair Machinist software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- CCG Systems FASTER
- Microsoft Outlook
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator