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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Autodesk AutoCAD
CCG Systems FASTER
CNC Mastercam
Armchair Machinist software
EditCNC
JETCAM
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Outlook
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
ERP software
Computer aided design CAD software
Microsoft Excel