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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 “Fixture Maker”

Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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