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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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled 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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.

Related Technology & Tools

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

CCG Systems FASTER
JETCAM
Armchair Machinist software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Autodesk AutoCAD
EditCNC
ERP software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Computer aided design CAD software
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Kipware Studio