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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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