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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 “Wind Turbine Machinist”

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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