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“Machine Setup Operator” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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 Setup Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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