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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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