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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Office
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Word
ERP software
JETCAM
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CCG Systems FASTER
EditCNC
Armchair Machinist software
CNC TurboCAD/CAM