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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”

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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