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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 “Hydroelectric Component Machinist”

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.

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