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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”

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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
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.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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