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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”

Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
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.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair 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.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
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.
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.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
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.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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