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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 Specialist”

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
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.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
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.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Excel
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CNC TurboCAD/CAM
EditCNC
Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Word
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Computer aided design CAD software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Office
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