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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”

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.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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