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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided design CAD software
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