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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 “Head Machinist”

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting 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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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