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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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