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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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