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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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