We would also need a skilled machinist to do the work.
This was an early example of the erosion of the skilled machinist's job.
He completed training and became a skilled machinist, and later a supervisor.
But however skilled the machinist, parts were never absolutely identical, and each part had to be manufactured separately to fit its counterpart.
You know, highly skilled machinists in out-of-the-way places, people who don't ask questions.
A highly skilled machinist, confronting the fact that this layoff is permanent, goes without health insurance for his family.
Already a skilled machinist, he emigrated to the United States in 1927.
Through this job he managed to enter a program in a public trade school and became a skilled machinist.
The firm's skilled machinists offered services such as pattern making and Japanning.
There are still very good jobs available for highly skilled machinists.