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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 “Outside Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
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