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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 “Metal Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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