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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 “Fitter”

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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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