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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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