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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 “Senior Maintenance Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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