SUMMARY
Machinists are highly skilled industrial workers who use power-operated machine tools to produce precision parts and components principally from metal to exact specifications. A machinist who can manually operate a multitude of manual and digital metalworking machinery to produce a part or component to a drawing is considered a Toolroom Machinist. They review the part specifications, drawings and requirements and work primarily unsupervised to complete the task and/or fabricate parts by performing the following duties.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Review and understand blueprints and specifications for machined and/or fabricated parts with special focus on stamping die components
- Determine the sequence of steps to follow in production of the product and plan the production process, including where and how to cut the work piece, the correct tools and materials for the job.
- When required develops specifications from general description and draws sketch of part or product to be fabricated.
- Follows safety regulations and reports safety violations to management.
- Read and review engineering drawings, customer provided part drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
- Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guides for subsequent machining.
- Select, align, and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, jig borers, and grinders.
- Calculate and set controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enter commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
- Start and observe machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
- Verify conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.
- Fit and assemble parts into complete assembly.
- Confers with engineers, programmers, CNC machinists, wire operators or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering drawings, technical procedures, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and managers of the orginization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
