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“Barrel Rifler” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4035.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 41,180.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
Currently, there are 17,560 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic”.

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Tasks for “Barrel Rifler”

Verify alignment of workpieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.
Replace worn tools, using hand tools, and sharpen dull tools, using bench grinders.
Make templates or cutting tools.
Turn valves or pull levers to start and regulate the flow of coolant or lubricant to work areas.
Select cutting speeds, feed rates, and depths of cuts, applying knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
Observe milling or planing machine operation and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.
Move cutters or material manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to mill workpieces to specifications.
Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
Record production output.
Compute dimensions, tolerances, and angles of workpieces or machines, according to specifications and knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.
Select and install cutting tools and other accessories according to specifications, using hand tools or power tools.
Mount attachments and tools such as pantographs, engravers, or routers to perform other operations such as drilling or boring.
Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.
Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and workpieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.
Position and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.

Related Technology & Tools

Protective safety glasses
Collet chucks
Height setters
Lapping tools
Digital height gauges
Tool probes
End mills
Wire cleaning brushes
Boring bars
Machine deburring tools
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Vertical machining centers VMC
Multipurpose screwdrivers
Inside digital ID micrometers
Soft jaws
Computer numerical control CNC milling machines
Wheeled forklifts
Electronic edge finders
Overhead cranes
Digital calipers
Crescent wrenches
Metal cutters
Pin gauge sets
Precision rules
Drop indicators
Power hoists
Adjustable spanner wrenches
Height gauges
Coolant chillers
Drill presses
Allen wrench sets
Horizontal milling machines
Turret lathes
Outside digital OD micrometers
Metal planers
Grease dispensers
Polishing tools
Digital bench scales
Desktop computers
Horizontal boring mills
Metal shears
Dial calipers
Setting jigs
Mechanical edge finders
Center finders
Automatic tool changers
Coaxial indicators
Layout compasses
Vernier calipers
Vertical milling machines
Industrial bench grinders
Hand grinders
Precision milling vises
Fillet gauges
Bore gauges
Mechanical comparators

Mastercam
Extensible markup language XML
Edgecam
Autodesk AutoCAD
Vero Software Alphacam
EditCNC
G code
Microsoft Office
SmartCAM
Kentech Kipware TB
M code
Microsoft Excel
Siemens PLM Software Solid Edge