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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 “Maintenance Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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