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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 Tool and Die”

Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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