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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 “Rocket Motor Mechanic”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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