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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”

Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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