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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”

Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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