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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Outlook
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CNC Mastercam
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