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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 Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Microsoft Excel
CCG Systems FASTER
Armchair Machinist software
EditCNC
Kentech Kipware Studio
ERP software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Office
JETCAM
CNC Mastercam