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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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