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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
EditCNC
CCG Systems FASTER
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
CNC Mastercam
Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided design CAD software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Outlook
ERP software
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Office
JETCAM