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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 “Turret Lathe Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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