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Daily Tasks
| Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary. | | Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools. | | Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products. | | Develop and design new tools and dies, using computer-aided design software. | | File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together. | | Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools. | | Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects. | | Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates. | | Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers. | | Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance. | | Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden. | | Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes. | | Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly. | | Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders. | | Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies. | | Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators. | | Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications. |
Daily Work Activities
| Adjust production equipment/machinery setup. | | Determine tasks needed to complete machined products. | | Use machining practices. | | Design tools or mechanical devices. | | Lay out machining, welding or precision assembly projects. | | Move or fit heavy objects. | | Use precision measuring tools or equipment. | | Operate metal or plastic fabricating equipment/machinery. | | Read blueprints. | | Read specifications. | | Read technical drawings. | | Understand machine setup instructions. | | Understand technical operating, service or repair manuals. | | Recognize characteristics of metals. | | Set up production equipment or machinery. | | Solve machine tool problems. | | Use hand or power tools. | | Set up and operate variety of machine tools. | | Use non-destructive test equipment. | | Use x-ray or magnetic inspection techniques. | | Perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting. | | Identify base metals for welding. | | Recognize characteristics of alloys. | | Set up computer numerical control machines. | | Weld together metal parts, components, or structures. | | Examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications. | | Monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems. | | Fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand. | | Use arc welding equipment. | | Operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom. | | Install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures. | | Load or unload material or workpiece into machinery. |
Other Work Activities
| Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. | | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. | | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
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