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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”

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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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