What You'll Do

  • Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.
  • Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
  • Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
  • Make repairs, such as enlarging or reducing ring sizes, soldering pieces of jewelry together, and replacing broken clasps and mountings.
  • Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
  • Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
  • Select and acquire metals and gems for designs.
  • Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.
  • Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
  • Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.88/5
Coordination 2.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.88/5
Reading Comprehension 2.75/5
Monitoring 2.75/5
Service Orientation 2.62/5
Complex Problem Solving 2.62/5
Time Management 2.62/5
Writing 2.5/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Artist: Creating original work and expressing ideas feels natural.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Integrity, Dependability, Innovation, Achievement/Effort

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Near Vision 3.88/5
Finger Dexterity 3.62/5
Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.5/5
Oral Comprehension 3.25/5
Oral Expression 3.12/5
Originality 3.12/5
Category Flexibility 3.12/5
Visualization 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Computer assisted jewelry design CAD software Customer information databases Intuit QuickBooks Inventory tracking software Jewelry store point of sale POS software Metal designing software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word Retail management software Web browser software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.89/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.83/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.46/5)
  • Innovation (High importance: 4.41/5)
  • Achievement/Effort (High importance: 4.27/5)

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How to Become One

This career typically requires vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some specialized training or certification may also be required.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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