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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 “Precision Instrument Maker”

Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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