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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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