How do they match: Machinists

  • Instrument Maker
  • Instrument Maker Apprentice
  • Instrument Repairer
  • Automation Technician
  • Electrical Instrument Maker
  • Maintenance Technician
  • Mechanical Laboratory Technician
  • Precision Instrument Maker
  • Test Technician

  • Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. 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.

  • Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
  • Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
  • Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
  • Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.