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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 “NC Machinist”

Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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