Will “Tool Room Machinist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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“Tool Room Machinist” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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 “Tool Room Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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