Will AI Replace Machinists?

Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties, and mathematics.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions, for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.