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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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