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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 “Machine Fitter”

Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
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.
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.
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.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate 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.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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