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