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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 “Gear Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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