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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 “Set-Up Operator”

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.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Outlook
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
CNC Mastercam
EditCNC
Computer aided design CAD software
ERP software
CCG Systems FASTER
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Word
JETCAM