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“Gear Machinist” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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”

Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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