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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”

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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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