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