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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 “Maintenance Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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