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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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