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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”

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

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

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