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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”

Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
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.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
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.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
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 or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Office
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Autodesk AutoCAD
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