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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”

Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Word
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Excel
JETCAM
EditCNC
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
CNC Mastercam
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