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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”
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- 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.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- 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.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- 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.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- 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.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Related Technology & Tools
- Torches
- Screwdrivers
- Brass hammers
- Platforms
- Micrometers
- Metal cutting taps
- Laser printers
- Soldering equipment
- Handheld welders
- Hex wrenches
- Grinding dogs
- Needlenose pliers
- Milling machines
- Pry bars
- Broachers
- Personal computers
- Workshop cranes
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Radial drills
- Buffers
- Channel lock pliers
- Ladders
- Machinists' squares
- Reamers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Valve grinding machines
- Surface grinding machines
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Magnetic retrievers
- Shims
- Chamfer tools
- Feeler gauges
- Anvils
- Ratchet sets
- Dial indicators
- Full face shields
- Vertical milling machines
- Swaging tools
- Jointers
- Chucks
- Hacksaws
- Pillar drill machines
- Outside spring calipers
- Rubber mallets
- Staging equipment
- Parallel blocks
- Chippers
- Boring tools
- Prick punches
- Vernier calipers
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Sine bars
- Combination wrenches
- Forklifts
- Angle plates
- Threading machines
- Spirit levels
- Horizontal lathes
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Outside micrometers
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Utility knives
- Crankshaft grinders
- Cylindrical grinders
- Cylinder honers
- Aviation snips
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Composition hammers
- Sledgehammers
- Deburring tools
- Turning lathes
- Shapers
- Hex keys
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Inside micrometers
- Power drills
- Breaker lathes
- Planers
- Pipe threaders
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Screw pitch gauges
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Punches
- Power sanders
- Hand clamps
- Combination pliers
- Scribers
- Boring bars
- Lathes
- Steel rules
- Ball peen hammers
- Machinists' hammers
- Dial calipers
- Horizontal boring bars
- Combination drills
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Tongs
- Putty knives
- Knee mills
- Brazing equipment
- Sensitive drill presses
- Bandsaws
- Cutoff saws
- Radius gauges
- Welding shields
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Engine lathes
- Resurfacing machines
- Turret lathes
- Wedges
- Tube benders
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Radial drill presses
- Arbor presses
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Height gauges
- Square chisels
- Power hacksaws
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Socket wrench sets
- Pipe wrenches
- Plasma welders
- Edge finders
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Sandblasters
- Horizontal mills
- Milling angle form cutters
- Hand saws
- Desktop computers
- Cold saws
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Flywheel lathes
- Telescoping gauges
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Ring gauges
- Surface gauges
- Shears
- Hydraulic presses
- Drum lathes
- Gauges
- Center drills
- Steel wedges
- Sharpening equipment
- Calipers
- Vernier height gauges
- Metal spray equipment
- Portable welding equipment
- V blocks
- Thread gauges
- Flat files
- Cold chisels
- Undercut tools
- Marking blocks
- Heat-treating equipment
- Welding lenses
- Adjustable wrenches
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Side cutting pliers
- Angled feeler gauges
- Inside spring calipers
- Grinders
- Metal shears
- Planer gauges
- Beverly shears
- Milling vises
- Half-round files
- Brake presses
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Office
- CCG Systems FASTER
- Microsoft Word
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- CNC Mastercam
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- ERP software
- JETCAM
- EditCNC
- Armchair Machinist software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Autodesk AutoCAD