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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Autodesk AutoCAD
JETCAM
Computer aided design CAD software
ERP software
Microsoft Excel