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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 “Production Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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