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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Kentech Kipware Studio
CCG Systems FASTER
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Word
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Excel
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Office
CNC TurboCAD/CAM