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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 “Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Computer aided design CAD software
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Microsoft Office
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Autodesk AutoCAD
ERP software
CNC Mastercam
CCG Systems FASTER
Kentech Kipware Studio
Armchair Machinist software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
EditCNC
Microsoft Word
Kentech Trig Kalculator