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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”.
Also Known As…
- Machinists
- Set-Up Machinist
- Production Machinist
- Maintenance Specialist
- Maintenance Machinist
- Machinist
- Machine Repair Person
- Machine Operator
- Journeyman Machinist
- Gear Machinist
- Wind Turbine Machinist
- Utility Operator
- Turret Lathe Machinist
- Trouble Shooter
- Toolroom Machinist
- Tool Room Machinist
- Tool Machinist
- Tool and Die Machinist
- Thermometer Maker
- Test Technician
- Set-Up Operator
- Senior Maintenance Machinist
- Secondary Set-Up Man
- Rocket Motor Mechanic
- Printing Press Machinist
- Precision Machinist
- Precision Machine Operator
- Precision Instrument Maker
- Outside Machinist Apprentice
- Outside Machinist
- NC Machinist
- Metal Machinist
- Mechanist
- Mechanical Laboratory Technician
- Master Machinist
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Lathe Machinist
- Machinist/Machine Builder
- Machinist-Set-Up
- Machinist Tool and Die
- Machinist Mate
- Machinist Class B
- Machinist Apprentice
- Machinist A
- Machine Setup Operator
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set-Up
- Machine Fitter
- Lathe Machinist
- Laboratory Machinist
- Jobber
- Instrument Maker Apprentice
- Instrument Maker and Repairer
- Instrument Maker
- Hydroelectric Component Machinist
- Head Machinist
- Geothermal Heat Pump Machinist
- Four-Slide Operator
- Fluid-Power Mechanic
- Fixture Maker
- Fitter
- Experimental Mechanic
- Experimental Machinist
- Electrical Machinist
- Electrical Instrument Maker
- Electrical Experimental Mechanic
- Development Mechanic
- Deck Engineer
- Conventional Machinist
- CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist)
- Carbide Operator
- Bench Hand
- Automotive Machinist Apprentice
- Automotive Machinist
- Auto Machinist
- Aircraft Machinist
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.
- Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
- Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
- Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
- Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
- Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
- Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
- Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
- Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
- Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
- 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.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
- Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
- Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
- Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
- Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
- Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Aviation snips
- Sine bars
- Half-round files
- Horizontal boring bars
- Gauges
- Boring bars
- Channel lock pliers
- Heat-treating equipment
- Hand clamps
- Boring tools
- Brass hammers
- Centrifugal spin casters
- Full face shields
- Ball peen hammers
- Flat files
- Sandblasters
- Anvils
- Arbor presses
- Staging equipment
- Broachers
- Vertical milling machines
- Breaker lathes
- Threading machines
- Scribers
- Lathes
- Ratchet sets
- Turret lathes
- Vernier height gauges
- Welding shields
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Dial calipers
- Platforms
- Horizontal lathes
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Dial indicators
- Hermaphrodite calipers
- Sharpening equipment
- Square chisels
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Parallel blocks
- Spirit levels
- Outside spring calipers
- Deburring tools
- Micrometers
- Spindle blade screwdrivers
- Surface grinding machines
- Cylindrical grinders
- Chippers
- Inside micrometers
- Combination wrenches
- Edge finders
- Radial drill presses
- Cold saws
- Ladders
- Thread gauges
- Hand saws
- Vernier gear tooth calipers
- Cold chisels
- Pipe wrenches
- Grinders
- Planers
- Grinding dogs
- Welding lenses
- Planer gauges
- Metal spray equipment
- Hydraulic presses
- Calipers
- Beverly shears
- Sensitive drill presses
- Crankshaft grinders
- Cylinder honers
- Steel wedges
- Angled feeler gauges
- Drum lathes
- Machinists' hammers
- Chucks
- Milling machines
- Laser printers
- Power drills
- Brake presses
- Handheld welders
- Valve grinding machines
- Milling angle form cutters
- Steel rules
- Soldering equipment
- Telescoping gauges
- Flywheel lathes
- Combination pliers
- Shears
- Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Metal shears
- Inside spring calipers
- Combination drills
- Adjustable wrenches
- Marking blocks
- Jointers
- Knee mills
- Brazing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Undercut tools
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Angle plates
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Pry bars
- Needlenose pliers
- Tongs
- Vernier bevel protractors
- Shapers
- Wedges
- Power sanders
- Resurfacing machines
- Ring gauges
- Engine lathes
- Machine shop rigging equipment
- Pillar drill machines
- Outside micrometers
- Punches
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Feeler gauges
- Torches
- Sledgehammers
- Bandsaws
- Screwdrivers
- Reamers
- Tube benders
- Rubber mallets
- Putty knives
- Composition hammers
- Shims
- Prick punches
- Hex keys
- Hex wrenches
- Surface gauges
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
- Metal cutting taps
- Hacksaws
- Milling vises
- Pipe threaders
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Socket wrench sets
- Personal computers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Machinists' squares
- Chamfer tools
- Portable welding equipment
- Side cutting pliers
- Height gauges
- Grinding wheel arbors
- 3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
- Swaging tools
- Vernier calipers
- Workshop cranes
- Buffers
- Utility knives
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Turning lathes
- Forklifts
- Horizontal mills
- Cutoff saws
- Screw pitch gauges
- Power hacksaws
- Radius gauges
- Center drills
- Magnetic retrievers
- Plasma welders
- Radial drills
- V blocks
- Kentech Trig Kalculator
- CCG Systems FASTER
- JETCAM
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- CNC Mastercam
- Armchair Machinist software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- EditCNC
- Microsoft Office
- ERP software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
- CNC TurboCAD/CAM
- Kentech Kipware Studio
- Microsoft Word