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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”

Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Office
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
CCG Systems FASTER
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