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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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