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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
Tasks for “Machine Set-Up”
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- 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.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Related Technology & Tools
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Portable welding equipment
- Turning lathes
- Anvils
- Planer gauges
- Lathes
- Breaker lathes
- Sharpening equipment
- Beverly shears
- Chamfer tools
- Combination drills
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Square chisels
- Flat files
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Soldering equipment
- Planers
- Parallel blocks
- Ball peen hammers
- Knee mills
- Plasma welders
- Ring gauges
- Shapers
- Combination pliers
- Welding shields
- Radial drill presses
- Spirit levels
- Punches
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Gauges
- Brass hammers
- Ladders
- Heat-treating equipment
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Surface gauges
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Inside micrometers
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Radius gauges
- Composition hammers
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Desktop computers
- Handheld welders
- Horizontal mills
- Brake presses
- Magnetic retrievers
- Sine bars
- Combination wrenches
- V blocks
- Welding lenses
- Tube benders
- Valve grinding machines
- Edge finders
- Pipe wrenches
- Horizontal lathes
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Aviation snips
- Shims
- Cold saws
- Power hacksaws
- Engine lathes
- Crankshaft grinders
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Vernier height gauges
- Brazing equipment
- Tongs
- Vernier calipers
- Chucks
- Broachers
- Steel wedges
- Undercut tools
- Telescoping gauges
- Cylindrical grinders
- Putty knives
- Shears
- Machinists' hammers
- Personal computers
- Power drills
- Hacksaws
- Staging equipment
- Screwdrivers
- Reamers
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Center drills
- Outside micrometers
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Torches
- Side cutting pliers
- Threading machines
- Boring tools
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Angle plates
- Marking blocks
- Hex wrenches
- Adjustable wrenches
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Resurfacing machines
- Feeler gauges
- Forklifts
- Ratchet sets
- Cutoff saws
- Wedges
- Rubber mallets
- Thread gauges
- Screw pitch gauges
- Scribers
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Dial calipers
- Radial drills
- Boring bars
- Drum lathes
- Workshop cranes
- Milling angle form cutters
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Prick punches
- Milling machines
- Laser printers
- Turret lathes
- Angled feeler gauges
- Surface grinding machines
- Bandsaws
- Platforms
- Horizontal boring bars
- Swaging tools
- Half-round files
- Vertical milling machines
- Dial indicators
- Utility knives
- Cylinder honers
- Hex keys
- Pry bars
- Hand clamps
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Outside spring calipers
- Grinders
- Jointers
- Sensitive drill presses
- Arbor presses
- Metal cutting taps
- Flywheel lathes
- Height gauges
- Sandblasters
- Calipers
- Socket wrench sets
- Hydraulic presses
- Hand saws
- Inside spring calipers
- Micrometers
- Milling vises
- Chippers
- Power sanders
- Pillar drill machines
- Machinists' squares
- Deburring tools
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Cold chisels
- Channel lock pliers
- Needlenose pliers
- Grinding dogs
- Sledgehammers
- Metal spray equipment
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Pipe threaders
- Buffers
- Metal shears
- Steel rules
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Full face shields
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- CCG Systems FASTER
- ERP software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- JETCAM
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- EditCNC
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- CNC Mastercam
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Armchair Machinist software