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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”

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

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

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