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“Precision Instrument Maker” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Word
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CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Office
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