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.

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Personality Type

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

evaluate restoration procedures pass on trade techniques engrave patterns apply restoration techniques perform damascening jewellery product categories adjust jewellery estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance advise customers on jewellery and watches electroplating processes estimate value of used jewellery and watches build jewellery models watches and jewellery products record jewel weight engraving technologies select restoration activities ensure conformance to jewel design specifications estimate restoration costs maintain jewels and watches electroplating metal materials design objects to be crafted record jewel processing time

Source: Sisyphus ODB