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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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