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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office