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Job Description
Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9071.06
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Gem and Diamond Workers”.
Also Known As…
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Quality Control Specialist
- Lapidarist
- Gemologist
- Facetor
- Diamond Setter
- Diamond Sawer
- Diamond Polisher
- Diamond Picker
- Diamond Grader
- Diamond Cutter
- Stone Setter Apprentice
- Spotter
- Sapphire Stylus Grinder
- Phonograph Needle Tip Maker
- Pearl Restorer
- Pearl Peller
- Pearl Cutter
- Oliving Machine Operator
- Lathe Operator
- Lapidary Apprentice
- Lapidary
- Jewelry Designer
- Jewelry Cutter
- Jeweler
- Jewel Setter
- Jewel Sawyer
- Jewel Blocker and Sawyer
- Jewel Bearing Maker
- Grader
- Girdler
- Gem Stone Cutter
- Gem Expert
- Gem Cutter
- Gem Carver
- Diamond Sorter
- Diamond Sizer and Grader
- Diamond Selector
- Diamond Mounter
- Diamond Driller
- Diamond Die Polisher
- Diamond Die Driller
- Diamond Cleaver
- Diamond Cleaner
- Diamond Assorter
- Brilliandeer Lopper
- Bench Jeweler
Tasks for “Diamond Setter Apprentice”
- Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems.
- Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors.
- Place stones in clamps on polishing machines and polish facets of stones, using felt-covered or canvas-covered polishing wheels and polishing compounds such as tripoli and rouge.
- Immerse stones in prescribed chemical solutions to determine specific gravities and key properties of gemstones or substitutes.
- Regulate the speed of revolutions and reciprocating actions of drilling mechanisms.
- Sort rough diamonds into categories based on shape, size, color, and quality.
- Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.
- Identify and document stones' clarity characteristics, using plot diagrams.
- Split gems along pre-marked lines to remove imperfections, using blades and jewelers' hammers.
- Secure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.
- Regrind drill points, and advance drill cutting points according to specifications for channel depths and shapes.
- Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
- Select shaping wheels for tasks, and mix and apply abrasives, bort, or polishing compounds.
- Hold stones, gems, dies, or styluses against rotating plates, wheels, saws, or slitters to cut, shape, slit, grind, or polish them.
- Secure stones in metal mountings, using solder.
- Lap girdles on rough diamonds, using diamond girdling lathes.
- Measure sizes of stones' bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
- Replace, true, and sharpen blades, drills, and plates.
- Examine diamonds or gems to ascertain the shape, cut, and width of cut stones, or to select the cuts that will result in the biggest, best quality stones.
- Dismantle lapping, boring, cutting, polishing, and shaping equipment and machinery to clean and lubricate it.
- Examine gem surfaces and internal structures, using polariscopes, refractometers, microscopes, and other optical instruments, to differentiate between stones, to identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects, or peculiarities affecting gem values.
Related Technology & Tools
- Faceting machines
- Handheld magnifiers
- Ultraviolet UV lights
- Specific gravity liquid sets
- Crack hammers
- Cross peen hammers
- Digital polariscopes
- Gem drills
- Thermal conductivity testers
- Precision tape measures
- Arbors
- Mini drills
- Diamond grinders
- Spectrophotometers
- Angle grinders
- Digital calipers
- Trim saws
- Mini hand clamps
- Rock picks
- Inspection microscopes
- Jewelers' hammers
- Polishing wheels
- Laser engraving tools
- Chipping hammers
- Precision rulers
- Jewelers' loupes
- Digital still cameras
- Glass cutting saws
- Glass polishers
- Precision file sets
- Revolving saws
- Cutting laps
- Digital micrometers
- Bench refractometers
- Lapidary units
- Piezo microtorches
- Grinders
- Bead drilling vises
- Steam cleaners
- Diamond girding lathes
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Jewelers' mandrels
- Diamond saws
- Mini bench vises
- Digital balances
- Vibrating laps
- Sphere machines
- Jewelers kits
- Lapidary slitters
- Glass bevelers
- Belt sanders
- Ring saws
- Optically magnified facet machines
- Stone polishers
- Polishing laps
- Vibratory tumblers
- Spectrophotometer analysis software
- Jewelry design software
- Inventory tracking software
- Web browser software
- Business accounting software
- GemCad
- Gem identification databases