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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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