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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 Specialist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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