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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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