| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary. |
| Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects. |
| Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders. |
| Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
| Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others. |
| Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others` actions. |
