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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”

Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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