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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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