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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Excel
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Computer aided design CAD software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Mastercam
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Outlook