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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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