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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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