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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 “Laboratory Machinist”

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

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Brazing equipment
Surface gauges
Surface grinding machines
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Combination drills
Boring tools
Adjustable wrenches
Angle plates
Vernier height gauges
Milling angle form cutters
Flywheel lathes
Needlenose pliers
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Radial drill presses
Composition hammers
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Radial drills
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Outside micrometers
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Hex wrenches
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Combination pliers
Personal computers
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Thread gauges
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Screw pitch gauges
Deburring tools
Steel wedges
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Cutoff saws
Wedges
Gauges
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Horizontal boring bars
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Breaker lathes
Dial calipers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Vernier calipers
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Turning lathes
Height gauges
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Prick punches
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Torches
Center drills
Reamers
Ring gauges
Machinists' squares
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