CNC Operator/Machinist  Job Purpose:

• Produce machined parts by programming, setting up, operating and trouble shooting a computer numerical control (CNC) machine; maintaining quality and safety standards; keeping records; maintaining equipment.

CNC Operator/Machinist Job Duties:

• Plans machining by studying traveler, blueprints, specifications, locations of surfaces, and machining parameters; interpreting geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T).


• Programs mills and lathes by entering instructions, including zero and reference points; setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches; calculating requirements, including basic math, geometry, and trigonometry; proving part programs.
• Sets-up mills and lathes by installing and adjusting three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; indicating vices; tramming heads.
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