Metal Fitters and Machinists

Key Tasks

• •Studying drawings and specifications to determine suitable material, method and sequence of operations, and machine settings
• •Fitting fabricated metal parts into products and assembling metal parts and subassemblies to produce machines and equipment
• •Checking fabricated and assembled metal parts for accuracy, clearance and fit using precision measuring instruments
• •Setting guides, stops and other controls on machining tools, setting up prescribed cutting and shaping tools and dies in machines and presses, and setting controls for textile machines
• •Forming metal stock and castings to fine tolerances using machining tools to press, cut, grind, plane, bore and drill metal
• •Cutting, threading, bending and installing hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines
• •Preparing pattern mechanisms to control the operation of textile machines used to spin, weave, knit, sew and tuft fabric
• •Diagnosing faults and performing operational maintenance of machines, and overhauling and repairing mechanical parts and fluid power equipment
• •May erect machines and equipment on-site

Employment Projections to 2034