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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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