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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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