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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”

Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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