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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 “Tool Machinist”

Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided manufacturing CAM software