Where a jeweller can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a jeweller already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Jewellers fabricate and repair various jewellery articles. They create models from wax or metal and they may undertake the casting process (place wax model in casting ring, create moulds, pour molten metal into mould, or operate centrifugal casting machine to cast articles). Jewellers also cut, saw, file, and solder pieces of jewellery together, using a soldering torch, carving tools and hand tools and polish the article.
Also known as bench jeweller, fine metalworker, brooch maker, jewellery maker, jewellery design consultant, jewellery metalworker, ring maker, jewelry design consultant, earring maker, jewelry designer, earrings maker, craft jeweller.
Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: goldsmith, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A jeweller needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- appraise gemstones information skills
- assemble jewellery parts handling and moving
- build jewellery models handling and moving
- mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- record jewel processing time information skills
- record jewel weight information skills
- repair jewellery handling and moving
- adjust jewellery handling and moving
- create jewellery handling and moving
- clean jewellery pieces handling and moving
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a jeweller does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- goldsmith 78% covered · difficulty 25.7
- filigree maker 75% covered · difficulty 28.8
- silversmith 72% covered · difficulty 31.9
- jewellery mounter 63% covered · difficulty 42.9
- precious stone cutter 61% covered · difficulty 43.3
- precious stone setter 54% covered · difficulty 50.6
- jewellery repairer 53% covered · difficulty 51.8
- jewellery designer 51% covered · difficulty 52.5
- jewellery engraver 37% covered · difficulty 65.6
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Jeweller is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a jeweller’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.