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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”

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

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

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Microsoft Office
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Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Excel
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