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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”

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Outlook
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ERP software
Kentech Kipware Studio
CCG Systems FASTER
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Word