Will “Machine Set-Up” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

65% Chance of Automation

“Machine Set-Up” will maybe be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #358 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

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…

Tasks for “Machine Set-Up”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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