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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”

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

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Hex wrenches
Micrometers
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Sledgehammers
Deburring tools
Inside spring calipers
Forklifts
Cylinder honers
Horizontal mills
Tube benders
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Shapers
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Plasma welders
Platforms
Ratchet sets
Hydraulic presses
Height gauges
Rubber mallets
Radial drills
Machinists' hammers
Centrifugal spin casters
Staging equipment
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Marking blocks
Metal spray equipment
Screw pitch gauges
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Edge finders
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Channel lock pliers
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Flat files
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Center drills
Ring gauges
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Brake presses
Power sanders
Scribers
Thread gauges
Boring bars
Personal digital assistants PDA
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Outside micrometers
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Ball peen hammers
Dial indicators
Horizontal lathes
Screwdrivers
Combination pliers
Jointers
Combination drills
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Cold saws
Personal computers
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Vertical turret lathes VTL
Surface gauges
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Heat-treating equipment
Engine lathes
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Gauges
Utility knives
Hex keys
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Shears
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Tongs
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