Table 1Transition record

precious stone settertojewellery mounter

A precious stone setter already meets 55% of what the jewellery mounter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From precious stone setter

55%

Overlap1

To jewellery mounter

13 Skills carried over

4 Required, not held

45.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

45.2/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the jewellery mounter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the precious stone setter 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

Why this move works

A jewellery mounter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a precious stone setter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

adjust jewellery
clean jewellery pieces
create jewellery
ensure conformance to jewel design specifications
jewellery processes
select gems for jewellery

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A jewellery mounter 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assemble jewellery parts handling and moving
already held cultured pearls arts and humanities
already held repair jewellery handling and moving
already held select metals for jewellery handling and moving
already held heat jewellery metals handling and moving
already held adjust jewellery handling and moving

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the jewellery mounter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held create master models required
required, not held build jewellery models required

optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
optional, not held perform wire wrapping optional

02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held precious metals required

optional, not held coining optional
optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
optional, not held engraving technologies optional

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held precious metal processing required

optional, not held imitation jewellery optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
optional, not held advise customers on jewellery and watches optional
optional, not held perform damascening optional

05 information skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held engrave patterns optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a jewellery mounter 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held adjust jewellery skill
already held clean jewellery pieces skill
already held create jewellery skill
already held ensure conformance to jewel design specifications skill
already held jewellery processes knowledge
already held select gems for jewellery skill
already held select metals for jewellery skill
already held use jewellery equipment skill
already held assemble jewellery parts skill
already held cultured pearls knowledge
already held develop jewellery designs skill
already held heat jewellery metals skill
already held repair jewellery skill

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held cast jewellery metal optional
optional, not held engrave patterns optional
optional, not held estimate cost of jewellery and watches' maintenance optional
optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
optional, not held perform wire wrapping 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 engraving technologies optional
optional, not held perform damascening optional

17 held skills the jewellery mounter role does not ask for

Skill Type

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 mount stones in jewels skill
not needed by the target role operate microscope skill
not needed by the target role record jewel processing time skill
not needed by the target role record jewel weight 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

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held precious metal processing required
required, not held precious metals required
optional, not held imitation jewellery optional
optional, not held coining optional
optional, not held electroplating metal materials optional
optional, not held engraving technologies optional

Index

Other moves recorded from precious stone setter

Full index of moves from precious stone setter

Note

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.