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• Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders

• Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations

• Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines

• Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers

• Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process

• Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition

• Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products

• Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency

• Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled

• Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools

• Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs

• Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs

• Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information

• Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts

• Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools

• Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment

• Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics

• Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications

• Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations

• Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal

• Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability

• Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines

• Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed

• Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment

• Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance

• Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products

• Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design

• Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms