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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 “Trouble Shooter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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