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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”

Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

Grinding dogs
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Dial calipers
Metal cutting taps
Gauges
Pillar drill machines
Composition hammers
Handheld welders
Shims
Radial drill presses
Telescoping gauges
Vertical milling machines
Welding shields
Feeler gauges
Phillips head screwdrivers
Lathes
Threading machines
Undercut tools
Buffers
Machinists' squares
Broachers
Milling vises
V blocks
Combination drills
Ball peen hammers
Putty knives
Chamfer tools
Tube benders
Boring tools
Square chisels
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Height gauges
Screwdrivers
Micrometers
Horizontal lathes
Brazing equipment
Angle plates
Sledgehammers
Forklifts
Edge finders
Flywheel lathes
Workshop cranes
Arbor presses
Wedges
Power sanders
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Punches
Engine lathes
Center drills
Hacksaws
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Metal spray equipment
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Staging equipment
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Drum lathes
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Pipe wrenches
Spindle blade screwdrivers
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Shears
Crankshaft grinders
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Planers
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Ratchet sets
Binocular light compound microscopes
Screw pitch gauges
Vernier bevel protractors
Laser printers
Brake presses
Cylindrical grinders
Vernier height gauges
Utility knives
Flat files
Cutoff saws
Marking blocks
Single-cut mill saw files
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Chucks
Socket wrench sets
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Magnetic retrievers
Pipe threaders
Half-round files
Knee mills
Brass hammers
Surface gauges
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Sandblasters
Portable welding equipment
Power drills
Anvils
Reamers
Outside micrometers
Valve grinding machines
Shapers
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Breaker lathes
Personal digital assistants PDA
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Hex keys
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Hydraulic presses
Hex wrenches
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Side cutting pliers
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Desktop computers
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Hand saws
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Thread gauges
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Surface grinding machines
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Heat-treating equipment
Cold saws
Inside micrometers
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Tongs
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Full face shields
Jointers
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Steel wedges
Steel rules
Horizontal boring bars
Dial indicators
Prick punches
Metal shears
Deburring tools
Planer gauges
Power hacksaws
Personal computers
Swaging tools
Shielded arc welding tools

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