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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”

Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Excel
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Outlook
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Office
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