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

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

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