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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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