Profession silversmith

Silversmiths design, manufacture and sell jewelry. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewelry. Silversmiths are specialized in working with silver 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

• Cut metal products

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

• Heat jewellery metals

  Heat, melt and shape metals for jewellery making.

• Apply smithing techniques

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

• Smoothen rough jewel parts

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

• 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.

• Use jewellery equipment

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

• Mount stones in jewels

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

• Clean jewellery pieces

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

• Develop jewellery designs

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

• Create jewellery

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

• Select metals for jewellery

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

• Pour molten metal into moulds

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

• Select gems for jewellery

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

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB