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