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“Trouble Shooter” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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”

Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
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Microsoft Outlook
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CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Word
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CCG Systems FASTER
Microsoft Excel
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Computer aided design CAD software