Precious stone setter to jeweller
A precious stone setter already meets 54% of what the jeweller role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.6/ 100
1 How much of what a jeweller is expected to do is already part of a precious stone setter’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 jeweller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A jeweller role treats 12 of its required skills as things a precious stone setter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust jewellery
- assemble jewellery parts
- clean jewellery pieces
- create jewellery
- develop jewellery designs
- ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
What stands in the way is 2 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A jeweller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a precious stone setter background worth leading with.
- already held assemble jewellery parts handling and moving
- already held mount stones in jewels handling and moving
- already held record jewel processing time information skills
- already held record jewel weight information skills
- already held repair jewellery handling and moving
- already held cultured pearls arts and humanities
All 16 carried skills, including the 12 the jeweller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 7 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 appraise gemstones required
- optional, not held conduct jewellery market research 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 select restoration activities optional
- still to learn build jewellery models required
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held perform wire wrapping optional
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held handle jewellery and watches insurance claims optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery 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 sell clocks optional
- optional, not held minerals prices optional
- optional, not held coining optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held precious metals optional
- optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
- optional, not held perform enamelling optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a jeweller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held adjust jewellery skill
- already held assemble jewellery parts skill
- already held clean jewellery pieces skill
- already held create jewellery skill
- already held develop jewellery designs skill
- already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
- already held jewellery processes knowledge
- already held mount stones in jewels skill
- already held record jewel processing time skill
- already held record jewel weight skill
- already held repair jewellery skill
- already held use jewellery equipment skill
- already held cultured pearls knowledge
- already held heat jewellery metals skill
- already held select gems for jewellery skill
- already held select metals for jewellery skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held engrave patterns optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply restoration techniques optional
- optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
- optional, not held conduct jewellery market research 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 handle jewellery and watches insurance claims optional
- optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held maintain jewels and watches optional
- optional, not held minerals prices optional
- optional, not held perform enamelling optional
- optional, not held perform wire wrapping optional
- optional, not held select restoration activities optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
- optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
- optional, not held coining 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
- optional, not held precious metals optional
- optional, not held sell clocks optional
14 held skills the jeweller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attend to detail regarding jewellery creation skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of diamonds knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of precious metals knowledge
- not needed by the target role cut metal products skill
- not needed by the target role detect product defects skill
- not needed by the target role examine gems skill
- not needed by the target role exercise patience skill
- not needed by the target role gemstones knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing of jewellery knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate microscope skill
- not needed by the target role think creatively about jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role use precision tools skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised equipment skill
- not needed by the target role watches and jewellery products knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
- optional, not held jewellery product categories optional
- optional, not held minerals prices optional
- optional, not held coining optional
- optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
- optional, not held electroplating processes optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held precious metals optional
Other moves recorded from precious stone setter
Common questions about this move
Can a precious stone setter become a jeweller?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A precious stone setter already covers 54% of what a jeweller is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 12 of which the jeweller role treats as required.
What skills does a precious stone setter need to become a jeweller?
2 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is build jewellery models.
How hard is the move from precious stone setter to jeweller?
Its learning distance is 50.6 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.