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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 Class B”

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

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

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