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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
Tasks for “Rocket Motor Mechanic”
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair 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.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- 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.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Related Technology & Tools
- Horizontal mills
- Plasma welders
- Side cutting pliers
- Pry bars
- Surface grinding machines
- Handheld welders
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Steel wedges
- Combination pliers
- Boring bars
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Boring tools
- Beverly shears
- Putty knives
- Horizontal lathes
- Personal computers
- Chamfer tools
- Angle plates
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Power drills
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Milling vises
- Adjustable wrenches
- Cold chisels
- Inside spring calipers
- Screw pitch gauges
- Metal spray equipment
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Flywheel lathes
- Torches
- Workshop cranes
- Soldering equipment
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Angled feeler gauges
- Outside micrometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Turning lathes
- Vernier height gauges
- V blocks
- Aviation snips
- Planer gauges
- Pillar drill machines
- Crankshaft grinders
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Metal cutting taps
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Milling machines
- Telescoping gauges
- Broachers
- Spirit levels
- Cold saws
- Portable welding equipment
- Brass hammers
- Threading machines
- Center drills
- Scribers
- Utility knives
- Shapers
- Forklifts
- Pipe threaders
- Half-round files
- Shims
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Hand saws
- Platforms
- Dial indicators
- Flat files
- Sensitive drill presses
- Composition hammers
- Grinding dogs
- Welding lenses
- Knee mills
- Breaker lathes
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Heat-treating equipment
- Radial drill presses
- Ladders
- Resurfacing machines
- Square chisels
- Turret lathes
- Engine lathes
- Undercut tools
- Sharpening equipment
- Welding shields
- Brazing equipment
- Brake presses
- Grinders
- Cutoff saws
- Hex keys
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Sandblasters
- Cylindrical grinders
- Jointers
- Steel rules
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Bandsaws
- Prick punches
- Edge finders
- Radius gauges
- Deburring tools
- Ball peen hammers
- Micrometers
- Chippers
- Hacksaws
- Buffers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Full face shields
- Gauges
- Cylinder honers
- Dial calipers
- Parallel blocks
- Magnetic retrievers
- Machinists' hammers
- Thread gauges
- Punches
- Drum lathes
- Calipers
- Ratchet sets
- Outside spring calipers
- Wedges
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Rubber mallets
- Reamers
- Shears
- Surface gauges
- Power sanders
- Metal shears
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Tube benders
- Sledgehammers
- Sine bars
- Hex wrenches
- Lathes
- Combination drills
- Inside micrometers
- Vernier calipers
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Swaging tools
- Staging equipment
- Pipe wrenches
- Marking blocks
- Ring gauges
- Needlenose pliers
- Tongs
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Machinists' squares
- Vertical milling machines
- Hand clamps
- Radial drills
- Height gauges
- Combination wrenches
- Channel lock pliers
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Anvils
- Laser printers
- Planers
- Desktop computers
- Arbor presses
- Socket wrench sets
- Valve grinding machines
- Milling angle form cutters
- Chucks
- Feeler gauges
- Screwdrivers
- Horizontal boring bars
- Hydraulic presses
- Power hacksaws
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- JETCAM
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Computer aided design CAD software
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- CCG Systems FASTER
- Microsoft Excel
- ERP software
- CNC Mastercam
- EditCNC
- Microsoft Outlook
- Armchair Machinist software