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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”

Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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