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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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ERP software
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Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
JETCAM