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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 “Journeyman Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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