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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 “Thermometer Maker”

Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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