Where a silversmith can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a silversmith already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Silversmiths design, manufacture and sell jewelry. They also adjust, repair and appraise gems and jewelry. Silversmiths are specialized in working with silver and other precious metals.
Also known as silver ring maker, silver jewellery maker, trophy silversmith, silver earrings fabricator, trophy maker, silver jewel smith, boutique silversmith, silver jewellery fabricator, silver ring fabricator, silversmiths, silver earrings maker.
Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: jewellery assembler, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A silversmith needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- pour molten metal into moulds handling and moving
- apply smithing techniques handling and moving
- cast jewellery metal handling and moving
- smoothen rough jewel parts handling and moving
- mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- heat jewellery metals handling and moving
- select metals for jewellery handling and moving
- create jewellery handling and moving
- select gems for jewellery handling and moving
- characteristics of precious metals arts and humanities
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a silversmith does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- jewellery assembler 80% covered · difficulty 23.2
- jeweller 73% covered · difficulty 30.7
- filigree maker 70% covered · difficulty 33.5
- precious stone setter 54% covered · difficulty 50.4
- jewellery mounter 51% covered · difficulty 52.5
- jewellery designer 50% covered · difficulty 53.5
- jewellery repairer 44% covered · difficulty 58.8
- enameller 34% covered · difficulty 67.6
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Silversmith 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 silversmith’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.