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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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