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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 Repair Person”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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