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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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