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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 “Test Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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