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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Tool Room Machinist
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
Tasks for “Gear Machinist”
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- 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.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Related Technology & Tools
- Half-round files
- Radial drill presses
- Milling machines
- Jointers
- Personal computers
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Milling vises
- Radial drills
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Shapers
- Shears
- Angle plates
- Punches
- Outside micrometers
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Dial indicators
- Heat-treating equipment
- Welding shields
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Vernier calipers
- Ball peen hammers
- Grinders
- Hacksaws
- Machinists' squares
- Screw pitch gauges
- Feeler gauges
- Brass hammers
- Broachers
- Knee mills
- Horizontal mills
- Planers
- Screwdrivers
- Steel rules
- Grinding dogs
- Bandsaws
- Anvils
- Adjustable wrenches
- Aviation snips
- Steel wedges
- Undercut tools
- Edge finders
- Tongs
- Breaker lathes
- Hex keys
- Power drills
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Deburring tools
- Flat files
- Channel lock pliers
- Chamfer tools
- Threading machines
- Ratchet sets
- Boring bars
- Socket wrench sets
- Parallel blocks
- Needlenose pliers
- Prick punches
- Combination pliers
- Milling angle form cutters
- Hand saws
- Radius gauges
- Pry bars
- Sine bars
- Engine lathes
- Torches
- Pipe threaders
- Platforms
- Arbor presses
- Desktop computers
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Planer gauges
- Putty knives
- Sharpening equipment
- Horizontal boring bars
- Spirit levels
- Horizontal lathes
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Portable welding equipment
- Inside micrometers
- Micrometers
- Metal cutting taps
- Rubber mallets
- Height gauges
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Brake presses
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Marking blocks
- Surface gauges
- Workshop cranes
- Boring tools
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Machinists' hammers
- Tube benders
- Cold chisels
- Grinding wheel arbors
- Surface grinding machines
- Lathes
- Cylinder honers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Power hacksaws
- Reamers
- Turret lathes
- Side cutting pliers
- Drum lathes
- Composition hammers
- Sensitive drill presses
- Telescoping gauges
- Valve grinding machines
- Dial calipers
- Ladders
- Center drills
- Angled feeler gauges
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Inside spring calipers
- Brazing equipment
- Hydraulic presses
- Utility knives
- Flywheel lathes
- Vernier height gauges
- Welding lenses
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Sandblasters
- Handheld welders
- Resurfacing machines
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Magnetic retrievers
- Hex wrenches
- Forklifts
- Cutoff saws
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Cylindrical grinders
- Plasma welders
- Turning lathes
- Thread gauges
- Scribers
- Power sanders
- Combination drills
- Sledgehammers
- Pipe wrenches
- Vertical milling machines
- Combination wrenches
- Buffers
- Gauges
- Pillar drill machines
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Metal spray equipment
- Staging equipment
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Calipers
- V blocks
- Chucks
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Laser printers
- Shims
- Soldering equipment
- Cold saws
- Full face shields
- Crankshaft grinders
- Beverly shears
- Outside spring calipers
- Square chisels
- Hand clamps
- Metal shears
- Wedges
- Chippers
- Ring gauges
- Swaging tools
- CCG Systems FASTER
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Word
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- ERP software
- Microsoft Excel
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft Outlook
- JETCAM
- Microsoft Office
- Armchair Machinist software
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- EditCNC
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software