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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”

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

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

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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Excel
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