CNC Operator Machinist Job Responsibilities: Produces machined parts by programming, setting up, and operating a computer numerical control machine; maintaining quality and safety standards; keeping records; maintaining equipment and supplies. It is machinists work with computer numeric controlled heavy machinery from setup to operation to produce parts and tools from metal, plastic or other materials. Computer numeric controlled equipment is precision machinery that cuts, grinds, or drills into the material.
In the operation of a machine shop, turning a machining process used to make cylindrical parts, where the cutting tool moves in a linear fashion while the work piece rotates. During the turning process, the materials such as metal, plastic, wood are rotated with a computer numerical control.Rarely, machinists also work with exotic and refractory metals. A machinist deals with all facets of shaping, cutting and some aspects of forming metal, although forming is typically a separate trade. The operations most commonly performed by machinists are milling, drilling, turning, and grinding.