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