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