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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
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- 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 “Set-Up Machinist”
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- 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.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- 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.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lathes
- Shears
- Flywheel lathes
- Calipers
- Dial calipers
- Angled feeler gauges
- Milling machines
- Aviation snips
- Steel wedges
- Soldering equipment
- Needlenose pliers
- Metal spray equipment
- Chamfer tools
- Platforms
- Metal cutting taps
- Micrometers
- Drum lathes
- Power hacksaws
- Horizontal boring bars
- Ball peen hammers
- Horizontal lathes
- Boring tools
- Cold saws
- Brass hammers
- Hex wrenches
- Sensitive drill presses
- Tongs
- Chucks
- Personal computers
- Full face shields
- Deburring tools
- Engine lathes
- Threading machines
- Socket wrench sets
- Horizontal mills
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Buffers
- Planer gauges
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Grinders
- Utility knives
- Torches
- Milling vises
- Portable welding equipment
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Handheld welders
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Arbor presses
- Bandsaws
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Spirit levels
- Hand saws
- Cold chisels
- Hex keys
- Forklifts
- Surface gauges
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Radial drill presses
- Center drills
- Anvils
- Shapers
- Composition hammers
- V blocks
- Side cutting pliers
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Power sanders
- Feeler gauges
- Screwdrivers
- Turning lathes
- Valve grinding machines
- Reamers
- Machinists' hammers
- Workshop cranes
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Outside spring calipers
- Desktop computers
- Cylinder honers
- Height gauges
- Tube benders
- Outside micrometers
- Grinding dogs
- Magnetic retrievers
- Planers
- Channel lock pliers
- Sharpening equipment
- Punches
- Beverly shears
- Boring bars
- Metal shears
- Half-round files
- Flat files
- Power drills
- Surface grinding machines
- Steel rules
- Angle plates
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Radial drills
- Putty knives
- Welding lenses
- Hand clamps
- Vertical milling machines
- Inside spring calipers
- Combination wrenches
- Cylindrical grinders
- Swaging tools
- Sandblasters
- Laser printers
- Turret lathes
- Machinists' squares
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Jointers
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Pipe wrenches
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Pillar drill machines
- Telescoping gauges
- Square chisels
- Radius gauges
- Brazing equipment
- Broachers
- Welding shields
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Scribers
- Marking blocks
- Wedges
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Plasma welders
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Knee mills
- Chippers
- Hydraulic presses
- Heat-treating equipment
- Hacksaws
- Pry bars
- Thread gauges
- Sine bars
- Resurfacing machines
- Parallel blocks
- Edge finders
- Shims
- Sledgehammers
- Ring gauges
- Breaker lathes
- Ladders
- Staging equipment
- Cutoff saws
- Ratchet sets
- Brake presses
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Vernier height gauges
- Rubber mallets
- Pipe threaders
- Combination pliers
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Inside micrometers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Screw pitch gauges
- Gauges
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Vernier calipers
- Crankshaft grinders
- Dial indicators
- Combination drills
- Undercut tools
- Milling angle form cutters
- Prick punches
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Computer aided design CAD software
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- JETCAM
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- EditCNC
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft Outlook
- CCG Systems FASTER
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Microsoft Office
- ERP software
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- Armchair Machinist software
- Microsoft Word