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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 “Toolroom Machinist”

Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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