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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 Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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