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“Utility Operator” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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”

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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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