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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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