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