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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 “Secondary Set-Up Man”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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