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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
EditCNC
Kentech Kipware Studio
JETCAM
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CCG Systems FASTER
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Mastercam
Autodesk AutoCAD
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Armchair Machinist software
Computer aided design CAD software
Microsoft Office
ERP software