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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 “Master Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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CCG Systems FASTER
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
EditCNC
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Office
CNC Mastercam
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Kentech Trig Kalculator
JETCAM
Computer aided design CAD software