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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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