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