Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a jewellery engraver can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a jewellery engraver already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Jewellery engravers engrave lettering and ornamental designs onto jewellery articles, using engravers handtools. They sketch and lay out the lettering and designs on the article, cut the design in the article and clean it up.

Also known as jewellery hand engraver, gold engraver, silver etcher, jewellery engraving designer, machine engraver, jewelry engraving designer, jewelry finisher, jewellery hand etcher, silver engraver, jewelry engraver, jewellery etcher, gold etcher.

Craft and related trades workers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: glass engraver, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
glass engraver 54% covered metal engraver 46% covered jewellery assembler 41% covered filigree maker 38% covered jeweller 37% covered jewellery engraver You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from jewellery engraver, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a jewellery engraver already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A jewellery engraver needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • ensure accurate engravings working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect etched work information skills
  • select engraving templates handling and moving
  • verify engraving accuracy information skills
  • determine quality of engraving information skills
  • position engraving equipment handling and moving
  • transpose designs to engravings information skills
  • clean engraved areas handling and moving
  • prepare workpieces for engraving handling and moving
  • prepare workpieces for etching handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a jewellery engraver does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Jewellery engraver is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a jewellery engraver’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.