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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 Apprentice”

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

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Vernier gear tooth calipers
Horizontal mills
Machinists' squares
Punches
Tube benders
Horizontal lathes
Composition hammers
Vertical milling machines
Broachers
Half-round files
Buffers
Hand saws
Shears
Horizontal boring bars
Ring gauges
Power sanders
Hex wrenches
Pry bars
Micrometers
Milling vises
Lathes
Milling angle form cutters
Shapers
Single-cut mill saw files
Adjustable wrenches
Soldering equipment
Power drills
Sharpening equipment
Ball peen hammers
Thread gauges
Surface grinding machines
Brake presses
Desktop computers
Breaker lathes
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Personal digital assistants PDA
Forklifts
V blocks
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Wedges
Boring bars
Pipe threaders
Phillips head screwdrivers
Chamfer tools
Putty knives
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Vernier bevel protractors
Turning lathes
Laser printers
Vertical turret lathes VTL
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Cylindrical grinders
Screw pitch gauges
Anvils
Flywheel lathes
Arbor presses
Hacksaws
Heat-treating equipment
Threading machines
Chucks
Steel rules
Hex keys
Magnetic retrievers
Calipers
Dial calipers
Planers
Sandblasters
Cold chisels
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Turret lathes
Centrifugal spin casters
Radial drills
Pipe wrenches
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Knee mills
Combination wrenches
Milling machines
Brazing equipment
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Ratchet sets
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Edge finders
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Gauges
Personal computers
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Plasma welders
Hand clamps
Reamers
Radial drill presses
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Radius gauges
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Cold saws
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Side cutting pliers
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Chippers
Full face shields
Undercut tools
Shims
Dial indicators
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Handheld welders
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Brass hammers
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Workshop cranes
Engine lathes
Torches
Screwdrivers
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Height gauges
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Combination drills
Rubber mallets
Outside micrometers
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Drum lathes
Center drills
Utility knives
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Machinists' hammers
Boring tools
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Hydraulic presses
Grinders
Cutoff saws
Planer gauges
Combination pliers
Surface gauges
Metal cutting taps
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