Jewellery engraver to filigree maker
A jewellery engraver already meets 38% of what the filigree maker role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
65.3/ 100
1 How much of what a filigree maker is expected to do is already part of a jewellery engraver’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the filigree maker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A filigree maker role treats 6 of its required skills as things a jewellery engraver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
- mount stones in jewels
- perform damascening
- select gems for jewellery
- select metals for jewellery
- smoothen rough jewel parts
What stands in the way is 13 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A filigree maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a jewellery engraver background worth leading with.
- already held perform wire wrapping handling and moving
- already held perform enamelling constructing
- already held perform damascening communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts handling and moving
- already held mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- already held cultured pearls arts and humanities
All 17 carried skills, including the 6 the filigree maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn adjust jewellery required
- still to learn clean jewellery pieces required
- still to learn create jewellery required
- still to learn heat jewellery metals required
- still to learn mark designs on metal pieces required
- still to learn repair jewellery required
- still to learn use jewellery equipment required
- still to learn use precision tools required
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- still to learn operate soldering equipment required
- still to learn operate welding equipment required
- still to learn perform metal work required
- still to learn jewellery processes required
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
- still to learn apply precision metalworking techniques required
- optional, not held develop jewellery designs optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
- optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a filigree maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adjust jewellery practise this
- 02 clean jewellery pieces practise this
- 03 create jewellery practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- already held mount stones in jewels skill
- already held perform damascening skill
- already held select gems for jewellery skill
- already held select metals for jewellery skill
- already held smoothen rough jewel parts skill
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held coining knowledge
- already held cultured pearls knowledge
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held imitation jewellery knowledge
- already held perform enamelling skill
- already held perform wire wrapping skill
- already held record jewel processing time skill
- already held record jewel weight skill
- already held select restoration activities skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held build jewellery models optional
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held develop jewellery designs optional
- optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held pass on trade techniques optional
23 held skills the filigree maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role clean engraved areas skill
- not needed by the target role compute engraving dimensions skill
- not needed by the target role design objects to be crafted skill
- not needed by the target role determine quality of engraving skill
- not needed by the target role engrave patterns skill
- not needed by the target role engraving technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure accurate engravings skill
- not needed by the target role fill etchings skill
- not needed by the target role handle etching chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect etched work skill
- not needed by the target role laser engraving methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role position engraving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare etching chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role prepare workpieces for engraving skill
- not needed by the target role prepare workpieces for etching skill
- not needed by the target role scale etchings skill
- not needed by the target role select engraving templates skill
- not needed by the target role transpose designs to engravings skill
- not needed by the target role types of engraving needles knowledge
- not needed by the target role verify engraving accuracy skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn jewellery processes required
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
Other moves recorded from jewellery engraver
Common questions about this move
Can a jewellery engraver become a filigree maker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A jewellery engraver already covers 38% of what a filigree maker is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 6 of which the filigree maker role treats as required.
What skills does a jewellery engraver need to become a filigree maker?
13 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is adjust jewellery.
How hard is the move from jewellery engraver to filigree maker?
Its learning distance is 65.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.