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“Machine Repair Person” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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 “Machine Repair Person”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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EditCNC
Autodesk AutoCAD
Microsoft Excel
CNC Mastercam
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Word
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Office
JETCAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Outlook
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software