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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 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 “Jewelry Designer”
- 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.
- Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems.
- Examine gems during processing to ensure accuracy of angles and positions of cuts or bores, using magnifying glasses, loupes, or shadowgraphs.
- Dismantle lapping, boring, cutting, polishing, and shaping equipment and machinery to clean and lubricate it.
- Secure stones in metal mountings, using solder.
- Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
- Split gems along pre-marked lines to remove imperfections, using blades and jewelers' hammers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lap girdles on rough diamonds, using diamond girdling lathes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Measure sizes of stones' bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Secure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping.
- Replace, true, and sharpen blades, drills, and plates.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cutting laps
- Digital polariscopes
- Thermal conductivity testers
- Polishing wheels
- Bead drilling vises
- Digital balances
- Sphere machines
- Glass cutting saws
- Revolving saws
- Ultraviolet UV lights
- Jewelers' hammers
- Precision rulers
- Digital calipers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Gem drills
- Mini hand clamps
- Diamond saws
- Glass polishers
- Cross peen hammers
- Mini bench vises
- Belt sanders
- Lapidary units
- Handheld magnifiers
- Vibratory tumblers
- Vibrating laps
- Jewelers' loupes
- Diamond girding lathes
- Stone polishers
- Mini drills
- Ring saws
- Inspection microscopes
- Grinders
- Rock picks
- Glass bevelers
- Piezo microtorches
- Faceting machines
- Jewelers' mandrels
- Precision file sets
- Diamond grinders
- Chipping hammers
- Optically magnified facet machines
- Polishing laps
- Bench refractometers
- Arbors
- Spectrophotometers
- Crack hammers
- Angle grinders
- Digital micrometers
- Laser engraving tools
- Lapidary slitters
- Jewelers kits
- Digital still cameras
- Precision tape measures
- Steam cleaners
- Trim saws
- Specific gravity liquid sets
- Jewelry design software
- Inventory tracking software
- Spectrophotometer analysis software
- GemCad
- Gem identification databases
- Web browser software
- Business accounting software