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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 “Printing Press Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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