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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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