Tom,
Sounds like a loaded question from someone that doesn't know the business
end of a screwdriver. In answer to your question, No, you assumed wrong. If
there was, it would mean nothing. A machinist is a guy who works at the
trade. A good machinist is a machinist that machinists with 35 years of
experience call good. If good comes from any other source, the adjective has
no value.
Steve

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
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I need to know the legal requirements for someone to call himself a
"Machinist" I have assumed it involved a certification and legitimate
training.