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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 “Journeyman Machinist”

Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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