Profession goldsmith

Goldsmiths design, manufacture and sell jewellery. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewellery for customers using experience in the working of gold and other precious metals.   

Personality Type

• Realistic / Artistic

Knowledge

• Metal and metal ore products

  The offered metal and metal ore products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.

• Characteristics of precious metals

  Variations of precious metals according to density, corrossion resistance, electrical conductivity, light reflectivity and quality.

• Jewellery processes

  Materials and processes involved in creating jewellery items like earrings, necklaces, rings, brackets, etc.

Skills

• Apply smithing techniques

  Apply techniques and use technologies in relation to the various smithing processes, including sculpting, forging, upsetting, heat treating, and finishing.

• Cut metal products

  Operate cutting and measuring instruments in order to cut/shape pieces of metal into given dimensions.

• Select metals for jewellery

  Select and purchase precious metals and alloys to use in jewellery pieces

• Develop jewellery designs

  Develop new jewellery designs and products, and modify existing designs.

• Clean jewellery pieces

  Clean and polish metal items and pieces of jewellery; handle mechanical jewellery-making tools such as polishing wheels.

• Create jewellery

  Create pieces of jewellery using precious materials such as silver and gold.

• Select gems for jewellery

  Select and purchase gems to use in jewellery pieces and designs.

• Build jewellery models

  Construct preliminary jewel models using wax, plaster or clay. Create sample castings in moulds.

• Heat jewellery metals

  Heat, melt and shape metals for jewellery making.

• Cast jewellery metal

  Heat and melt jewellery materials; pour in moulds to cast jewellery models. Use jewellery-making material such as spanners, pliers or presses.

• Pour molten metal into moulds

  Pour molten steel or metal into moulds; operate by hand or by using cranes.

• Smoothen rough jewel parts

  Smoothen rough parts of pieces of jewellery using hand files and emery paper.

• Use jewellery equipment

  Handle, modify, or repair jewellery-making equipment such as jigs, fixtures, and hand tools such as scrapers, cutters, gougers, and shapers.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB