Issued:	07/23/00	Classification Code # 73400
Supersedes:	08/01/83	FLSA NE

TITLE:

INDUSTRIAL MACHINIST

GRADE:

T6

BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Fabricate and set up tools, jigs and fixtures and machine components within a mechanical structure, such as rotors and armatures on turbine generators and elevator motors. Plan, layout and fabricate component devices and parts for machines and mechanical equipment which modify, simplify or improve performance, or to make obsolete equipment functional. Disassemble, rebuild and restore to precision operation components of machines and mechanical equipment, such as pumps, motors, valves, governors and hydraulic and pneumatic devices. Review specifications, lay out metal stock, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair metal-working dies. Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, models and descriptions to fabricate and repair parts and equipment. Verify dimensions, alignments and tolerances using precision measurement instruments.

RELATED DUTIES

Assemble, install, disassemble and repair machinery and mechanical equipment, including component equipment and fixtures. Dismantle large mechanical units to gain access and remove defective parts using hoists and chainfalls. Adjust, align and reset functional devices and component parts and start mechanical equipment. Operate micro-measurement tools in the fabrication, fitting and assembling of close tolerance parts. Perform foundry work including such duties as pattern making, mold and core preparation, costing and induction, gas and vacuum melting. Set up and operate machine tools, such as lathes, millers, shapers, planers, drill presses, saws and routers. Advise users on machinability or other physical properties of materials. Prepare sketched and specifications from verbal instructions or drawings. Perform brazing, soldering, welding, hardening, annealing, tempering and enameling. Cut, shape, drill and form materials, such as aluminum, brass, copper, plastics, wood and various steels.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from high school supplemented by training in the layout and fabrication of tools, jigs, fixtures and machine components. Reasonable experience in the layout and fabrication of tools, jigs, fixtures and machine components. Reasonable experience in the set up and operation of metal lathes, milling machinery, industrial drill presses, metal saws and routers. Considerable knowledge of metal properties and the methods, materials and equipment used in tool and die making and machine operations.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.