How do they match: Gem and Diamond Workers

  • Diamond Cutter
  • Gem Cutter
  • Gem Stone Cutter
  • Jewelry Cutter
  • Pearl Cutter

  • Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.

  • Dismantle lapping, boring, cutting, polishing, and shaping equipment and machinery to clean and lubricate it.
  • Examine diamonds or gems to ascertain the shape, cut, and width of cut stones, or to select the cuts that will result in the biggest, best quality stones.
  • Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
  • Hold stones, gems, dies, or styluses against rotating plates, wheels, saws, or slitters to cut, shape, slit, grind, or polish them.
  • Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
  • Measure sizes of stones' bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
  • Regrind drill points, and advance drill cutting points according to specifications for channel depths and shapes.
  • Secure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.

  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Operate cutting equipment.
  • Sharpen cutting or grinding tools.