CNC Operator
$70,505 earning potential
$70,505
High-end Earners in
North Carolina ( Top 10% )
$49,309
median annual wage
$24
median hourly wage
Responsibilities
- What do they typically do:
- Develop plans or layouts utilizing computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Work with architects or engineers to create accurate design for products
- Include precise details such as the dimensions and materials
- Communicate with the company about codes, standards and specifications
- Conduct product design, development and testing
- Observe machines on trial runs or conduct computer simulations to make sure that programs and machinery will work properly
- Decide about the sequence of machine operations, and select the proper cutting tools for machining workpieces into desired shapes
- Write instruction sheets and cutter lists for a machine's controller to guide setup and encode numerical control tapes
- Determine reference points, machine cutting paths, or hole locations, and compute angular and linear dimensions, radii, and curvatures
- Write programs in the language of a machine's controller and store programs on media
- Design data to make proper calculations after analyzing job orders, drawings, blueprints, specifications, and printed circuit board pattern films
- Compare encoded tapes or computer printouts with original part specifications and blueprints to make sure instructions are accurate
- Revise programs or tapes to get rid of errors, and retest programs to check that problems have been solved
North Carolina Job Outlook
0
Average annual job openings
0
Number of jobs by 2028
+2%
Expected growth from 2023 to 2028