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List of SOC 2018
This is the list of Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) updated in 2018, click the SOC code, you can browse more details.
| SOC Group | SOC Code | SOC Title | SOC Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detailed | 51-4033 | Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces. |
| Detailed | 51-4034 | Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock. |
| Detailed | 51-4035 | Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces. |
| Broad | 51-4040 | Machinists | |
| Detailed | 51-4041 | Machinists | Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures. Machinists who primarily program or operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment are classified in “Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators and Programmers” (51-9160). |
| Broad | 51-4050 | Metal Furnace Operators, Tenders, Pourers, and Casters | |
| Detailed | 51-4051 | Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel. Excludes “Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic” (51-4191). |
| Detailed | 51-4052 | Pourers and Casters, Metal | Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots. |
| Broad | 51-4060 | Model Makers and Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | |
| Detailed | 51-4061 | Model Makers, Metal and Plastic | Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects. Includes template makers. |
