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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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