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What this job is
A precision instrument maker and repairer fabricates, assembles, calibrates, and repairs high-tolerance mechanical, optical, and electronic instruments used in scientific, medical, and industrial applications. Working in a workshop or laboratory environment, they use specialised hand tools, machine tools, and diagnostic equipment to restore instruments to original specifications or manufacture custom components to exacting tolerances measured in fractions of a millimetre.
Pay
A$1,537 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Attach clock casescore
- Attach clock dialscore
- Attach clock handscore
- Attach power cords to electric modulecore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Change watch batterycore
- Components of clockscore
- Continuous Learning and Upskillingcore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Mount clock wheelworkcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Process Improvement Identificationcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Record Managementcore
- Time Managementcore
- Time-display methodscore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Watches and jewellery productscore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Conservation techniques
- Digital Literacy
- Electric clocks
- Incident Reporting
- Inspect clocks
- Inspect quality of products
- Inventory Tracking
- Mechanical clocks
- Oversee quality control
- Perform product testing
- Precision mechanics
- Regulatory and Legislative Awareness
- Repair clocks
- Research and Analysis
- Risk Identification
- Supplier Communication
- Timing devices
- Use watchmaker's tools
- Wear appropriate protective gear
- Written Communication