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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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