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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”

Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
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.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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