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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”

Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
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.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.

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

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