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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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