7231- Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors

Canada NOC: 
7231
Job Title: 

Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors

Job Description: 

Machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to cut or grind metal, plastic or other materials to make or modify parts or products with precise dimensions. Machining and tooling inspectors inspect machined parts and tooling in order to maintain quality control standards. They are employed by machinery, equipment, motor vehicle, automotive parts, aircraft and other metal products manufacturing companies and by machine shops.

Main Duties: 

Machinists perform some or all of the following duties:


Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables or study sample parts to determine machining operation to be performed, and plan best sequence of operations
Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces
Set up, operate and maintain a variety of machine tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) tools to perform precision, non-repetitive machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planing, drilling, precision grinding and other operations
Fit and assemble machined metal parts and subassemblies using hand and power tools
Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments
May set up and program machine tools for use by machining tool operators.
Machining and tooling inspectors perform some or all of the following duties:


Verify dimensions of machined parts or tooling using micrometers, verniers, callipers, height gauges, optical comparators, co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM) or other specialized measuring instruments
Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, height gauges and other measuring devices
Report deviations from specifications and tolerances to supervisor
Complete and maintain inspection reports.

Employment Requirements: 

Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program
or
A combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in machining is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
Trade certification for machinists is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories.
Trade certification for tool and gauge inspectors is available, but voluntary, in Ontario.
Trade certification for machinists (CNC) is available, but voluntary, in New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba.
Several years of experience as a machinist, tool and die maker or machining tool operator may be required for machining and tooling inspectors.
Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified machinists upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Additional Inormation: 

Familiarity with exotic and composite materials may be required for machinists in aviation and other advanced manufacturing sectors.
The Red Seal endorsement allows for interprovincial mobility.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Classified Elsewhere: 

CAD-CAM programmers (in 2233 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians)
Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations (7201)
Machining tool operators (9417)
Tool and die makers (7232)

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Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X