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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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