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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.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.

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Personal computers
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Cylinder honers
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V blocks
Torches
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Flat files
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Hermaphrodite calipers
Micrometers
Ring gauges
Flywheel lathes
Edge finders
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Boring bars
Surface grinding machines
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Feeler gauges
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Shims
Half-round files
Gauges
Brake presses
Parallel blocks
Power drills
Turning lathes
Portable welding equipment
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Socket wrench sets
Swaging tools
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
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Full face shields
Platforms
Chucks
Personal digital assistants PDA
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Marking blocks
Boring tools
Tube benders
Steel wedges
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Inside micrometers
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Brazing equipment
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Tongs
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Milling vises
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Hex keys
Machinists' hammers
Telescoping gauges
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Radius gauges
Grinding dogs
Calipers
Angle plates
Buffers
Hydraulic presses
Screw pitch gauges
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Planer gauges
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Cold saws
Combination drills
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Horizontal mills
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Composition hammers
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Combination pliers
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Spirit levels
Prick punches
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Ratchet sets
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Vernier height gauges
Dial calipers
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Shapers
Lathes
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Hex wrenches
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Screwdrivers
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Pipe threaders
Cold chisels
Arbor presses
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Shears
Sandblasters
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Reamers
Thread gauges
Steel rules
Metal cutting taps
Sharpening equipment
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