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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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