Jewellery and precious metal workers design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewellery, ceremonial or religious items, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems. They cut, file, polish and set precious and semi- precious stones including gems and diamonds and engrave designs on jewellery and precious metal articles .They cut and polish diamonds for industrial purposes.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Jewellery and precious-metal workers - from $1,777 to $4,308 per month - 2024.
- A Jewellery and precious-metal workers typically earns between $1,777 and $2,862 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,881 and $3,317 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Casting jewelry and other non-ferrous metal articles by hand
- Creating new jewelry designs and modifying existing designs, using computers as necessary
- Cutting designs in moulds or other materials to be used as models in the fabrication of metal and jewelry products
- Altering existing jewelry mountings in order to reposition jewels or to adjust mountings
- Repairing, reshaping and restyling old jewelry or precious metal ware following designs or instructions
- Making complete jewelry articles such as rings, necklaces, bangles, brooches and bracelets from materials such as gold, silver, platinum and precious or semi-precious stones
- Examining gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes and other optical instruments to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects or peculiarities affecting gem values
- Cutting and polishing gems and setting them in jewelry articles
- Engraving or embossing letters, designs or decorative lines on jewelry and precious metal ware
- Grinding, drilling and finishing jewel bearings for use in precision instruments such as compasses and chronometers
- Examining assembled or finished products to ensure conformity with specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments
