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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”

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.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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