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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 Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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