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