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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”

Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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