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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”

Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
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.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
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.
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

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

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