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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Outlook
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Excel