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The Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) has identified Machinists as one of Utah's Five-Star occupations. This means that there is a labor shortage in this area and that the wages are higher than average. The need for replacements, rather than growth in numbers, is projected to make up the majority of job openings for this occupation.

The occupational description of a machinist is an individual able to set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Included are precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. Employment may also include fabricating and modifying parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

United States	Employment		Percent Change	Job Openings*
	2004	2014
Machinists	369,800	385,700	+4%	10,210
Utah	Employment		Percent Change	Job Openings*
	2004	2014
Machinists	3,690	4,720	+28%	190

*Job Openings refers to the average annual job openings due to growth and net replacement.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections; Utah Employment Projections

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