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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 Mate”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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