Profession jeweller

Jewellers fabricate and repair various jewelry articles. They create models from wax or metal, ready for the lost wax casting process. They may undertake the casting process (place wax model in casting ring, create moulds, pour molten metal into mould, or operate centrifugal casting machine to cast article.) Jewellers also cut, saw, file, and solder pieces of jewelry together, using a soldering torch, carving tools and handtools and polish the article.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Artistic

Knowledge

• Jewellery processes

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

Skills

• Create jewellery

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

• Build jewellery models

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

• Mount stones in jewels

  Mount gemstones in pieces of jewellery closely following design specifications. Place, set and mount gemstones and metal parts.

• Repair jewellery

  Make jewellery repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewellery back together, and replacing broken or worn-out clasps and mountings.

• Adjust jewellery

  Reshape jewellery mountings.

• Develop jewellery designs

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

• Use jewellery equipment

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

• Clean jewellery pieces

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

• Ensure conformance to jewel design specifications

  Examine finished jewellery products to ensure that they meet quality standards and design specifications. Use magnifying glasses, polariscopes or other optical instruments.

• Record jewel weight

  Record the weight of finished jewellery pieces.

• Record jewel processing time

  Record the amount of time it took to process an item of jewellery.

• Assemble jewellery parts

  Assemble and thread different jewellery parts together such as pearls, locks, wire, and chains by soldering, clamping, welding or lacing the materials.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB