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

  • Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

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

  • Anneal precious metal objects such as coffeepots, tea sets, and trays in gas ovens for prescribed times to soften metal for reworking.
  • Compute costs of labor and materials to determine production costs of products and articles.
  • Construct preliminary models of wax, metal, clay, or plaster, and form sample castings in molds.
  • Create jewelry from materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and precious or semiprecious stones.
  • Cut designs in molds or other materials to be used as models in the fabrication of metal and jewelry products.
  • Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
  • Research and analyze reference materials, and consult with interested parties to develop new products or modify existing designs.
  • Rotate molds to distribute alloys and to prevent formation of air pockets.

  • Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
  • Build production molds.
  • Clean workpieces or finished products.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
  • Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
  • Evaluate quality of materials or products.
  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
  • Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
  • Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
  • Purchase products or services.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Repair precision devices or workpieces.
  • Reshape small metal components for precision assembly.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Sell products or services.