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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”

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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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