Jewelers & Precious Stone & Metal Workers

What They Do

Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.

Typical Tasks

• Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
• 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.
• Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
• Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.

Key Skills

Work Activities

• Thinking Creatively
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Getting Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships