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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”

Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Armchair Machinist software
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Microsoft Excel
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Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Word
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CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CNC Mastercam
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Kentech Trig Kalculator
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Office
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