A Machinist General fabricates metallic and nonmetallic parts, and fits and assembles machined parts into complete units, applying knowledge of machine shop theory and procedures, shop mathematics, machinability of materials, and layout techniques, operating conventional, special-purpose, and numerical control machines and machining centers; Checks blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirement.