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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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