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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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CNC Mastercam
JETCAM
Kentech Kipware Studio
ERP software
Microsoft Excel
Computer aided design CAD software