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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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