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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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