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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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ERP software
Microsoft Word
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Computer aided design CAD software
Microsoft Excel
Kentech Trig Kalculator
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CCG Systems FASTER
Microsoft Office
EditCNC
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Outlook