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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Word
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Autodesk AutoCAD
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CCG Systems FASTER
EditCNC
Microsoft Outlook
ERP software