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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”

Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting 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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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