51-4041Machinists
Official English titleMachinists
Official English duty definition
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. Machinists who primarily program or operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment are classified in “Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators and Programmers” (51-9160).
Classification parents
- Major group
- ProductionProduction Occupations
- Minor group
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
51-4000 - Broad occupation
- Machinists
51-4040
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