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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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