Re: Machinist or Machine Operator? You decide..
Originally Posted by
Mecanix
Put in a modern context (cnc) the machine is the machinist, the operator operates (or control) the machinist.
e.g I'm not a machinist, anymore, my automated machine-tools are. I am therefore an operator/programmer.
hy, if a car from today is more complex then it was in 12500bc, this does not mean that you are not a driver; you can not say that a driver is an operator, because it is still holding the wheel; selfdriven cars don't require a driver
if some tasks can be automated, or partially assited, and you are working 8h/day at that system, this means that you are at least an operator; being a machinist means understanding and adjusting more parameters than an operator
there is a ratio between machinists and operators, and this ratio is changed by automation; also, automation requires more knowledge for a machinist, and less knowledge for an operator
there is still a great need for machinists, especially because only 1 can prepare/debug etc, more machines, thus it can solve problems of more than 1 operators; in today cnc enviroment, machinists are still holding the 'wheel' / kindly
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