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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Kipware Studio
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