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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 “Fluid-Power Mechanic”

Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
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.
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.
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.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided design CAD software
Armchair Machinist software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Kentech Trig Kalculator
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
CCG Systems FASTER
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
CNC Mastercam
Kentech Kipware Studio
Microsoft Outlook
EditCNC
JETCAM
ERP software
Microsoft Excel