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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 “Manual Lathe Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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