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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”

Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
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.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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