If you ever thought of becoming machinist, you should read this following article or not, I don't really care. If you decide to read it, you'll learn most of the important aspects of this job.
It is really cool because you are producing useful objects from scrap and when you don't screw up, it is really rewarding.
Machinists are usually reading blueprints, programming CNC machines, working on a lathe, shapers, grinders, saw... You could also have to do thermal treatment or welding.
A machinist usually machine parts to specification, measure their parts with a vernier caliper or a micrometer and maintain his tool or machine to keep them in good condition. He also need to check if the piece is properly lubricated or if the feed and speed of the machine is well-adjusted.
Machinists usually works in company that use metal in their final product. It is usually in automobile factories or specialties shop.
Normally, you only need to have a post secondary certificate
Machinists usually make between 42 000 and 98 000 dollars per years, and they make $60 000 in average.
To become a machinist, recruits need more than 6000 combine hours of shop work and more than 700 combine hours of work in class.
This profession has a lot of dangers because there are powerful machines that are often spinning more than a thousand rpm. Clothes can jam in rotating parts or parts can fly off the machine.
The chance of machinists being replaced by robots is pretty small, because they will be doing the robot parts and robot can't do all the steps that lead to their own creation. For example, they won't be able to program CNC machine and make sure the parts are at the right specs.
Machinist usually retires at 60 or 65 years old which is the average age people retire at.
Being a machinist is a great job and is a job that I want to do in the future.
Rationale: to inform or educate
Authority: research journal
Accuracy: probably true
Relevance: relevant for this document
Rationale: to inform or educate
Authority: research journal
Date: still relevant
Relevance: relevant for this document
Rationale: to inform or educate
Authority: research journal
Date: recently published
Relevance: relevant for this document