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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Office