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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”

Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking 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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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