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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
Kentech Trig Kalculator
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Microsoft Office