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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 “Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

CNC TurboCAD/CAM
ERP software
Armchair Machinist software
CNC Mastercam
Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
EditCNC
Computer aided design CAD software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CCG Systems FASTER
JETCAM
Kentech Kipware Studio