Job Description

• Operate machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to produce metal parts
• Review electronic or written blueprints or specifications for a job
• Calculate where to cut or bore
• Shape steel, aluminum, titanium, plastic, silicon and other materials
• Determine how fast or slow workpiece is fed into machine
• Determine how much material to remove
• Select tools and materials for the job
• Plan the sequence of cutting and finishing operations
• Mark the workpiece to show where cuts should be made
• Position workpiece on the drill press, lathe, or milling machine
• Monitor and control feed rate and speed
• Ensure workpiece is properly lubricated and/or cooled
• Regulate temperature of workpiece
• Detect problems by listening for specific sounds
• Adjust cutting speed to compensate for harmonic vibrations
• Monitor the accuracy of cuts
• Replace dull cutting tools
• Check accuracy of work against blueprints and specifications
• Produce large quantities of parts
• Determine how automated equipment will cut a part
• Determine cutting path
• Concert path, speed, and feed information into set of instructions for machine tool.
• Use manual and computer-controlled machinery
• Write basic programs
• Modify programs in response to problems

• Communication Proficiency
• Organizational Skills
• Time Management
• Technical Capacity
• Customer/Client Focus