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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”

Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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