How do they match: Machinists

  • Conventional Machinist
  • Tool and Die Machinist
  • Tool and Die Maker

  • Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
  • Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
  • Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties, and mathematics.

  • Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.