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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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