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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”

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

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