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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”

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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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