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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”

Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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 numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.

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

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