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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”

Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
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.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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