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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 “Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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