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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 A”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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