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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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