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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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