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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 “Instrument Maker and Repairer”

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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