Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a precious stone setter can go next

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

Precious stone setters use tools to insert diamonds and other gemstones into jewellery settings according to specifications. The setting of the gemstone depends on its size and its shape.

Also known as jewelery stone setter, gem setter, diamond setter, precious stone craftworker, gemsetter, gem stone setter, gemstone setter, precious stone craftsman, precious stone craftswoman, jewellery stone setter.

Craft and related trades workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: precious stone cutter, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
precious stone cutter 59% covered jewellery mounter 55% covered jewellery assembler 55% covered jeweller 54% covered silversmith 54% covered precious stone setter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from precious stone setter, 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 precious stone setter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A precious stone setter 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
  • attend to detail regarding jewellery creation handling and moving
  • characteristics of diamonds engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • examine gems information skills
  • gemstones arts and humanities
  • assemble jewellery parts handling and moving
  • mount stones in jewels handling and moving
  • record jewel weight information skills
  • manufacturing of jewellery arts and humanities
  • characteristics of precious metals arts and humanities
  • use jewellery equipment handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Precious stone setter 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 precious stone setter’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.