Will “Secondary Set-Up Man” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

65% Chance of Automation

“Secondary Set-Up Man” will maybe be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #358 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Secondary Set-Up Man”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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