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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 Room Machinist”

Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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