Brent Smith from Salt Lake Community College School of Applied Technology tells us about their Manual Machinist program. Manual machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...

Some Jobs Just Can't Be Done Efficiently Any Other Way. Big, heavy and usually involving only one or two parts describes the manual jobs at Parker Machine works. Onesy-twosy manual jobs at Sterling ...

Benchwork and Layout Operations provides a detailed overview of the various benchwork and layout processes that operators often need to perform during manual machining. Layout is the process of ...

Manual Machinists are responsible for operating general machining equipment such as bridge ports, lathes, grinders, CNC, etc. Disciplined, methodical thinking and organizational skills are critical ...

Long before the 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists District 751 in Seattle gained their new contract with Boeing, the IAM had earned their loyalty by establishing a ...