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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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