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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”

Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
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Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Word
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
JETCAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
EditCNC
CNC Mastercam
ERP software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Office