machinist
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Key facts
- Occupation.image
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- Occupation.caption
- Machinist, operating a metal lathe
- Occupation.type
- Vocational
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Industrial manufacturing
- Occupation.competencies
- Patience, steady hand, ability to read plans, attention to detail, physically strong
- Occupation.employment_field
- Industrial manufacturing
- Occupation.related_occupation
- Millwright
- Occupation.formation
- Industrial Training Institute, Apprenticeship
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Nature of work
- Related occupational titles
- Role in manufacturing
- Additive machining
- Materials commonly encountered by machinists
- Tools of the machinist
- See also
- References
- External links
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A machinist is a tradesperson or trained professional who operates machine tools, and has the ability to set up tools such as milling machines, grinders, lathes, and drilling machines.