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