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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”

Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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