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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-Set-Up”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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