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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 Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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