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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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