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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 “Production Machinist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Outlook
Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided design CAD software
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC Mastercam
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CNC TurboCAD/CAM
JETCAM
Microsoft Excel
EditCNC
ERP software
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Armchair Machinist software
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