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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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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