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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
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
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- EditCNC
- Microsoft Outlook
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Microsoft Excel
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- CCG Systems FASTER
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Microsoft Office
- JETCAM
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Armchair Machinist software
- ERP software
- Kentech Trig Kalculator