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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/Machine Builder”

Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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