enamellertosilversmith
A enameller already meets 34% of what the silversmith role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
67.6/ 100
1 Share of the silversmith role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the enameller profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A silversmith role treats 7 of its required skills as things a enameller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- characteristics of precious metals
- clean jewellery pieces
- create jewellery
- develop jewellery designs
- jewellery processes
- smoothen rough jewel parts
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A silversmith role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a enameller background worth leading with.
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts handling and moving
- already held jewellery product categories arts and humanities
- already held create jewellery handling and moving
- already held characteristics of precious metals arts and humanities
- already held clean jewellery pieces handling and moving
- already held use jewellery equipment handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the silversmith role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held cast jewellery metal required
- required, not held heat jewellery metals required
- required, not held mount stones in jewels required
- required, not held pour molten metal into moulds required
- required, not held select gems for jewellery required
- required, not held select metals for jewellery required
- required, not held apply smithing techniques required
- required, not held cut metal products required
- optional, not held adjust jewellery optional
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- required, not held metal and metal ore products required
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
- optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional
- optional, not held record jewel processing time optional
- optional, not held record jewel weight optional
- optional, not held select restoration activities optional
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
- optional, not held perform damascening optional
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a silversmith role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cast jewellery metal skill · sector specific
- 02 heat jewellery metals skill · sector specific
- 03 metal and metal ore products knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- already held clean jewellery pieces skill
- already held create jewellery skill
- already held develop jewellery designs skill
- already held jewellery processes knowledge
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts skill
- already held use jewellery equipment skill
- already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- already held jewellery product categories knowledge
- already held watches and jewellery products knowledge
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust jewellery optional
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
- optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
- optional, not held estimate restoration costs optional
- optional, not held estimate value of used jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held evaluate restoration procedures optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held record jewel processing time optional
- optional, not held record jewel weight optional
- optional, not held select restoration activities optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
- optional, not held perform damascening optional
21 held skills the silversmith role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding jewellery creation skill
- not needed by the target role check quality of enamel skill
- not needed by the target role coating substances knowledge
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role detect product defects skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role fire the surface skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety in the workplace knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role metal coating technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal smoothing technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate metal polishing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform enamelling skill
- not needed by the target role prepare surface for enamelling skill
- not needed by the target role prepare the enamel skill
- not needed by the target role think creatively about jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role trade in jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role trends in fashion knowledge
- not needed by the target role use color matching techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held metal and metal ore products required
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.