How do they match: Gem and Diamond Workers

  • Oliving Machine Operator

  • Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
  • Place stones in clamps on polishing machines and polish facets of stones, using felt-covered or canvas-covered polishing wheels and polishing compounds such as tripoli and rouge.

  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.