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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 “Production Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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