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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”

Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
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.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
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.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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