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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”

Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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