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