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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 “Maintenance Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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