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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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