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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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