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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”

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.

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

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