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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
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Microsoft Word
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