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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 “Tool Room Machinist”

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

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

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Microsoft Word
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