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