How do they match: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

  • Clean and polish metal items and jewelry pieces, using jewelers' tools, polishing wheels, and chemical baths.
  • Create new jewelry designs and modify existing designs, using computers as necessary.
  • Cut designs in molds or other materials to be used as models in the fabrication of metal and jewelry products.
  • Design and fabricate molds, models, and machine accessories, and modify hand tools used to cast metal and jewelry pieces.
  • Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
  • Lay out designs on metal stock, and cut along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.
  • Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.
  • Plate articles such as jewelry pieces and watch dials, using silver, gold, nickel, or other metals.
  • Position stones and metal pieces, and set, mount, and secure items in place, using setting and hand tools.
  • Rout out locations where parts are to be joined to items, using routing machines.
  • Shape and straighten damaged or twisted articles by hand or using pliers.
  • Smooth soldered joints and rough spots, using hand files and emery paper, and polish smoothed areas with polishing wheels or buffing wire.
  • Soften metal to be used in designs by heating it with a gas torch and shape it, using hammers and dies.

  • Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.