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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 “Utility Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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