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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 “Gear Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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