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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 “Mechanical Laboratory Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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