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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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