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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
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
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Microsoft Outlook
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- EditCNC
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- CNC Mastercam
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- JETCAM
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- Armchair Machinist software
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- CCG Systems FASTER
- ERP software
- Computer aided design CAD software