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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 Sizer and Grader
- Diamond Setter Apprentice
- 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 Sorter”
- Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sort rough diamonds into categories based on shape, size, color, and quality.
- Dismantle lapping, boring, cutting, polishing, and shaping equipment and machinery to clean and lubricate it.
- Identify and document stones' clarity characteristics, using plot diagrams.
- Estimate wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and other relevant economic factors.
- Replace, true, and sharpen blades, drills, and plates.
- Lap girdles on rough diamonds, using diamond girdling lathes.
- Advise customers and others on the best use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.
- Hold stones, gems, dies, or styluses against rotating plates, wheels, saws, or slitters to cut, shape, slit, grind, or polish them.
- Immerse stones in prescribed chemical solutions to determine specific gravities and key properties of gemstones or substitutes.
- Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems.
- Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
- 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.
- Regulate the speed of revolutions and reciprocating actions of drilling mechanisms.
- Measure sizes of stones' bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Select shaping wheels for tasks, and mix and apply abrasives, bort, or polishing compounds.
- Regrind drill points, and advance drill cutting points according to specifications for channel depths and shapes.
- Split gems along pre-marked lines to remove imperfections, using blades and jewelers' hammers.
- Secure stones in metal mountings, using solder.
- Secure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.
Related Technology & Tools
- Precision rulers
- Precision file sets
- Specific gravity liquid sets
- Rock picks
- Piezo microtorches
- Digital still cameras
- Spectrophotometers
- Crack hammers
- Glass cutting saws
- Mini bench vises
- Revolving saws
- Lapidary slitters
- Diamond girding lathes
- Trim saws
- Grinders
- Jewelers' loupes
- Cutting laps
- Sphere machines
- Jewelers' mandrels
- Ring saws
- Laser engraving tools
- Inspection microscopes
- Angle grinders
- Vibrating laps
- Cross peen hammers
- Digital balances
- Jewelers' hammers
- Digital polariscopes
- Thermal conductivity testers
- Mini hand clamps
- Optically magnified facet machines
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Vibratory tumblers
- Diamond saws
- Faceting machines
- Polishing laps
- Bead drilling vises
- Stone polishers
- Jewelers kits
- Digital calipers
- Steam cleaners
- Mini drills
- Lapidary units
- Arbors
- Handheld magnifiers
- Chipping hammers
- Glass bevelers
- Belt sanders
- Diamond grinders
- Digital micrometers
- Gem drills
- Bench refractometers
- Polishing wheels
- Precision tape measures
- Glass polishers
- Ultraviolet UV lights
- Business accounting software
- Jewelry design software
- GemCad
- Web browser software
- Inventory tracking software
- Gem identification databases
- Spectrophotometer analysis software