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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
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
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ERP software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- EditCNC
- Microsoft Outlook
- Armchair Machinist software
- JETCAM
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft Word
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- CCG Systems FASTER
- Microsoft Excel
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Computer aided design CAD software