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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”

Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
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.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
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.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
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.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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