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