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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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