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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 “Lathe Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office