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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 “Machine Fitter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
CCG Systems FASTER
Autodesk AutoCAD
Kentech Kipware Studio
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
EditCNC
Microsoft Excel
JETCAM
Microsoft Outlook
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CNC Mastercam
Armchair Machinist software
ERP software
CNC TurboCAD/CAM