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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 “Jobber”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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