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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”

Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Microsoft Word
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Outlook
EditCNC
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Kipware Studio
Armchair Machinist software
JETCAM
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Computer aided design CAD software
CCG Systems FASTER
ERP software