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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 “Fluid-Power Mechanic”

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair 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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking 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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.

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

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