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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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