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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 Specialist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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